Greathouse v. Greathouse’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 18 state decisions

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

1. “"This opinion is not to be construed as holding that a judgment creditor may not look to the community property for satisfaction of his judgment. The opposite is true; either party to a divorce action may bring in third parties who claim an interest in the property alleged to be community, or third parties themselves may intervene and have their rights therein determined. Elms v. Elms, 4 Cal.2d 681 , 52 P.2d 223 , 102 A.L.R. 811 ; Holm v. Pratt, supra [ 52 Utah 593 , 176 P. 266 ]; Benson v. District Court, supra [ 57 Idaho 85 , 62 P.2d 108 ]. See also 17 [17A] Am.Jur., Divorce and Separation, page 118, where rights and remedies of third parties are discussed. But appellant did not pursue this remedy, he sought to subject the stock to Division 3 for disposition. "There is sound reason for the rule. Not only is the state greatly concerned with marriage and divorce, it has as well a definite interest in the orderly determination of property rights of the parties involved. To that end statutes have been enacted. Sections 22-7-3 and 22-7-6, 1953 Comp., New Mexico Statutes. Otherwise, what might appear to be an equitable division of the community property, could be thwarted by one of the parties acting in conjunction with third parties."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Malcolm v. Malcolm · Malcom v. Malcom