Arthur v. Garcia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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. ““The rule is that as against a collateral attack, a judgment is valid unless the contrary appears in the judgment rol), and the omission of every step in the proceedings except the entry of the judgment, does not overcome the conclusive presumption of regularity of a judgment when collaterally attacked, if the record does not affirmatively disclose the omissions. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hanratty v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

2. ““ ‘A direct attack on a judgment is an attempt to avoid or correct it in some manner provided by law and in a proceeding instituted for that very purpose, in the same action and in the same court; * * * (Emphasis ours)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hanratty v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

3. ““In the instant case, there is clearly an attempt, in a separate action, to impeach by matters dehors the record and, accordingly, this is a collateral attack.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hanratty v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District