Benson v. Benson’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently September 1978
21 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 Thayer v. Thayer · 56 So. 2d 441 - Todd v. Todd · Holmes v. Atlantic Natl. Bk. of Jacksonville · Heath v. Heath · Engebretsen v. Engebretsen
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * * * * "`To prove adultery the law does not require that specific acts be attested by eyewitnesses. The rule approved by the weight of authority is that if the circumstances proven are such as to lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man to the guilt of the participants that is sufficient... . if desire and opportunity were proven adultery would be presumed.'"”
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.