Ellis v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 15 Cal. 3d 838 - In Re Marriage of Brown · 6 Cal. 4th 644 - Lakin v. Watkins Associated Industries · In Re the Marriage of Smith · 18 Cal. 4th 169 - In Re Marriage of Lehman · In Re the Marriage of Vryonis
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[The right to subsidized health insurance is not convertible to cash; some fringe benefits of undisputed value to the employee or retiree are simply not divisible for the benefit of the spouse upon divorce (e.g., a right to a discount at an employer-owned cafeteria or store)....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bingley v. Bingley“there is nothing in the plan that guarantees [the employee] will either always receive a subsidy in a specific amount, or the subsidy will always equal the premium for available coverage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Burts v. Burts
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.