The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the constitution or laws of the United States, in all cases not provided for in these compiled laws, is the rule of decision in all courts of this state.
Idaho Code § 73-116
Common law in force
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case United States v. Rodriguez (2013)
Most recently applied in Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Wasden (January 2018)
1863, p. 527, § 1; R.S., § 18; reen
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.