109 N.J. Super. 5 - Compton v. Compton’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1978
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Carter · 69 N.J. Super. 382 - Tracey v. Tracey
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the summary proceeding under the support statute, the wife need not establish the cruel and inhuman conduct of the husband to such a degree and with such specificity as is required in the aforementioned actions for divorce or separate maintenance, [at 8]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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