Vasquez v. Hawthorne’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 84 Wash. 2d 975 - Maltman v. Sauer · 127 Wash. 2d 339 - Connell v. Francisco · 11 Wash. App. 247 - Singer v. Hara · 101 Wash. 2d 299 - In Re the Marriage of Lindsey · 31 Wash. 2d 345 - Creasman v. Boyle
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.
“stable, marital-like relationship where both parties cohabit with knowledge that a lawful marriage between them does not exist.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a same-sex relationship cannot be a meretricious relationship because such persons do not have a `quasi-marital' relationship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gormley v. Robertson“not entitled to the rights and protections of a quasi-marriage, such as community property-like treatment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gormley v. Robertson
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.