Montoya v. Bolack’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently December 1984 · most notably Sangre De Cristo Development Corp. v. City of Santa Fe (1972), Chino v. Chino (1977)
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 29 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
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 231 · 25 U.S.C. § 232 · 25 U.S.C. § 233 · 28 U.S.C. § 1360
Relies on Williams v. Lee · Samuel Worcester v. The State of Georgia · Donnelly v. United States · The Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia · Organized Village of Kake v. Egan
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress itself has recognized that the Indians must at some time become an integral part of the country and gradually be assimilated into society. . The states are authorized to enforce sanitation and quarantine laws on a reservation, to make inspections for health and educational purposes, and to enforce compulsory school attendance . . [citing to express congressional enactment]. 372 P.2d, at 393 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““As used in this act, unless the context requires otherwise: The words ‘qualified elector,’ ‘elector’ or ‘voter’ means any citizen of the United States who at the date of the election will be over the age of twenty-one (21) years and will have resided in the state twelve (12) months, in the county ninety (90) days and in the precinct in which he offers to vote thirty (30) days, next preceding the election, except idiots, insane persons, persons convicted of a felonious or infamous crime unless restored to political rights. “Residence within the meaning of the above paragraph shall be residence upon land privately owned, or owned by the State of New Mexico, any county or municipalities thereof; or upon lands originally belonging to the United States of America or ceded to the United States of America by the state of New Mexico, any county thereof, or any municipal corporation or private individual, by purchase, treaty or otherwise.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Langdon v. Jaramillo““* * * The right to vote and to actively participate in its processes is among the most precious of the privileges for which our democratic form of government was established. The history of the struggle of freedom-loving men to obtain and to maintain such rights is so well known that it is not necessary to dwell thereon. But we re-affirm the desirability and the importance, not only of permitting citizens to vote but of encouraging them to do so. “* * * Accordingly, even if the statutes are not as clear in this regard as may be desired, doubts should be resolved in favor of the right to vote to the end that citizens may enjoy the full rights and privileges of citizenship.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Langdon v. Jaramillo
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.