Craig A. Dell v. William A. Heard, Jr.’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.2d 1330 · 1976
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently April 2007
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Foman v. Davis · DeLoach v. Woodley · McDonald v. Senn · Marange v. Marshall · United States v. Hershberger
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he test to be applied in such cases is an after-the-fact determination of whether the act in which the spouse was engaged at the time of the tort was one which was of actual or potential benefit to the community.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In one New Mexico decision, prior to enactment of the new community property laws, the after-the-fact determination of a tort's characterization as separate or community was made when suit was brought to foreclose a judgment lien. McDonald v. Senn, [ 53 N.M. 198 ,] 204 P.2d 990 (N.M.1949). We believe the issues presented by appellant under the community property laws do not set forth a cause of action against appellee but would be determined if and when appellant proceeded to execute on property belonging to appellee.” 9 . However, in a special concurrence, Justice Ransom wrote:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.