Baca v. Burks’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Ex Rel. Castillo Corp. v. New Mexico State Tax Commission · State ex rel. Harvey v. Medler · Ringle Development Corporation v. Chavez · Vigil v. Johnson · Featherstone v. Hanson
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.
““As early as 1947 in Ringle Development Corp. v. Chavez, 51 N.M. 156 , 180 P.2d 790 , we held that the rule required mandatory dismissal except where tolled by statute or failure of process on account of absence of defendant from the state, "or unless from some other good reason, the plaintiff is unable, for causes beyond his control, to bring the case to trial.’ (Emphasis added.) * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Escobar v. Montoya
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.