Matlow v. Matlow’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably State v. Narten (1965), Spector v. Spector (1963)
48 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 39 Cal. 2d 858 - De Burgh v. De Burgh · Brown v. Brown · Rueger v. Hawks · United States v. Phillips · Lipman Bros. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the absence of an obligation to be secured there can be no lien.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““To hold that any recrimination would bar a divorce would be a degradation of marriage and a frustration of its purposes for then the courts would be using recrimination as a device for punishment. If the marriage has failed and the family life has ceased, the purposes of marriage are no longer served. In such case public policy will not discourage divorce since the relationship of husband and wife is such that the legitimate functions of marital life have been destroyed. The doctrine of recrimination, like the doctrine of unclean hands of which it is a .part, is not a mechanical doctrine but an equitable principle to be applied to the facts of each case and with a consideration for the interests of the public.” (Emphasis in original). ( 89 Ariz. at 296-297 , 361 P.2d at 650 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ ‘ * * * a charge or encumbrance upon property to secure the payment or performance of a debt, duty, or other obligation. It is distinct from the obligation which it secures.’ ” Matlow c. Matlow, 89 Ariz. 293 , 361 P.2d 648 (1961)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.