Rocha v. Hulen’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently April 1971 · most notably Panopulos v. Maderis (1956), 23 Cal. 2d 237 - Kruzie v. Sanders (1943)
40 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 110 Cal. App. 81 - Crawford v. Foster · Evans v. Selma Union High School District · 119 Cal. App. 367 - Sullivan v. Richardson · 118 Cal. App. 561 - Martin v. Hollins · 79 Cal. App. 234 - City of Sacramento v. Hunger
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is well settled in this and other states that the so-called ‘guest laws’ are in derogation of the common law and must be construed strictly. (Citing cases.) Furthermore, as stated in Rocha v. Hulen, supra, [ 6 Cal.App.2d 245 ( 44 P.2d 478 )] ‘The common law right of having redress for injuries wrongfully inflicted, being lessened by such statutes, necessitates strict construction, and also that cases he not held within the provisions of such statutes unless it clearly appears that it should he so determined.’ (Emphasis ours.) ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.