Flores v. Flores’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 53 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently May 2012 · most notably Scott v. Rizzo (1981), Hicks v. State (1976)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 53 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
Relies on Stang v. Hertz Corporation · 58 Cal. 2d 683 - Self v. Self · 81 Wash. 2d 183 - Freehe v. Freehe · Ickes v. Brimhall · Soto v. Vandeventer
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Defendant contends the common law rule must be applied because by statute the common law is the rule of practice and decision in New Mexico. (Citation omitted.) The answer is that the common law is not the rule of practice and decision if `inapplicable to conditions in New Mexico.' Ickes v. Brimhall, 42 N.M. 412 , 79 P.2d 942 (1938). If the common law is not `applicable to our condition and circumstances' it is not to be given effect. (Citations omitted.) * * *" (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hicks v. State““ * * This argument ignores the fact that the rule is not one made or sanctioned by the legislature, but rather is one that depends for its origins and continued viability upon the common law. * * * [citation omitted.]’ The rule was originally formulated by the courts; it is for the courts to change the rule if it is unwise. * * * ” 84 N.M. at 603-04 , 506 P.2d at 347-48 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Maestas v. Overton
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.