Martinez v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A common-law marriage is valid in this state, and the issuance of a marriage license or marriage ceremony is not necessary to constitute a common-law marriage. A common-law marriage exists when a man and woman enter into an agreement to become husband and wife, and in pursuance of such agreement do live together and cohabit as husband and wife, and hold each other out to the public as husband and wife. Such agreement to become husband and wife may be express or implied. An express agreement is where the parties thereto expressly agree; and an implied agreement is where the parties with reference to the subject-matter is such as to induce the belief in the minds of the contracting parties that they intend to do that which their acts indicate they have done.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Red Eagle v. Cannon

2. “an agreement to become husband and wife, a living together pursuant thereto as such, and a holding out of each other to the public as husband and wife.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Manire v. Burt