Digby v. Digby

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• abrogation of doctrine of interspousal immunity applied to case at bar and to all cases arising sixty days or more after date of filing of opinion
• new rule effective sixty days after date of opinion
• granting a brief stay of prospective abrogation of interspousal immunity
• abrogated as to torts arising from auto accidents
• Rule abrogated as to motor torts
• Rule abrogated as to motor torts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Boblitz v. Boblitz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-06-30· cited 95×
• Donna Reilly v. United States
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-08-05· cited 70×
• Silva v. Silva
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-06-08· cited 63×
• Sitzes v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-23· cited 61×
• Price v. Price
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 61×
• Shook v. Crabb
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-07-25· cited 54×
• Peters v. Peters
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1981-10-06· cited 50×
• Raisen v. Raisen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-12-20· cited 49×
• Heino v. Harper
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1988-08-02· cited 47×
• MacDonald v. MacDonald
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-03-12· cited 47×
• Bozman v. Bozman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-08-12· cited 43×
• Burns v. Burns
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-01-13· cited 35×
• Miller v. Fallon County
  Montana Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 34×
• State v. Arpin
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-02-07· cited 34×
• McInnis v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc.
  D. Rhode Island· 1986-01-14· cited 32×
• Bonkowsky v. Bonkowsky
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1982-02-10· cited 29×
• Morales v. Town of Johnston
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2006-04-26· cited 27×
• Seitz v. L & R INDUSTRIES, INC., ETC.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-12-04· cited 27×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-02-09· cited 24×
• Guffy Ex Rel. Reeves v. Guffy
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1981-07-17· cited 23×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Woods v. Lancet
  New York Court of Appeals· 1951-12-06· cited 477×
• Immer v. Risko
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1970-07-10· cited 153×
• Rupert Ex Rel. Rupert v. Stienne
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1974-12-02· cited 152×
• Klein v. Klein
  California Supreme Court· 1962-11-09· cited 125×
• Freehe v. Freehe
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-08-31· cited 123×
• Becker v. Beaudoin
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1970-02-09· cited 102×
• Brooks v. Robinson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1972-07-10· cited 101×
• Lewis v. Lewis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-09· cited 86×
• Beaudette v. Frana
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1969-12-19· cited 84×
• Ritter v. Narragansett Electric Company
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1971-11-01· cited 83×
• Self v. Self
  California Supreme Court· 1962-11-09· cited 66×
• Maestas v. Overton
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1975-02-21· cited 55×
• People v. Howk
  California Supreme Court· 1961-10-13· cited 48×
• Flores v. Flores
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1973-01-19· cited 41×
• Zarrella v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1966-03-17· cited 38×
• Castellucci v. Castellucci
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1963-03-08· cited 36×
• Henry v. John W. Eshelman & Sons
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1965-04-13· cited 31×
• Rampone v. Wanskuck Buildings, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1967-03-27· cited 25×
• Benevides v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1960-02-10· cited 14×
• Trotti v. Piacente
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1965-01-19· cited 9×