Kirkpatrick v. Hurst’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 1987
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Arnold v. Leonard · Commissioner v. Wilson · Northern Texas Traction Co. v. Hill · Le Sage v. Smith · Fulghum v. Baxley
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““After an exhaustive review of the many cases concerning whether the damages to the wife’s body are community property or separate property, we are persuaded that this segment of the damages is her separate property, because the recovery is not an acquisition of additional assets in the form of damages, but rather a replacement for the loss of a part of the individual spouse’s body brought into the marriage.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Smith““It is the holding of this Court that damages recovered for injuries to the body of each spouse shall be the separate property of the injured spouse, which shall include physical pain and mental anguish, both past and future; and all other physical and mental losses, impairment or diminution, both past and future, other than loss of earning capacity, loss of consortium, and recovery for medical expenses.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Smith
How this case has been treated — in progress
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