Richardson v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
112 F.2d 19 · 1940
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently July 1978 · most notably Wheeler v. Wheeler (1951), Oxley v. Oxley (1946)
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 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 Shellman v. Shellman · Moore v. Moore · Osborne v. Osborne · Tipping v. Tipping · Haskell v. Haskell
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When property is conveyed to one spouse under the circumstances of this case without financial consideration, we have said the consideration or condition underlying the conveyance is the faithful performance of the marriage vows.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Authorities are cited for the proposition that corroboration of the plaintiff’s testimony is essential to sustain a charge of desertion in an action for divorce brought on that ground. Assuming, without deciding, that is the rule, it must be remembered that the reason usually given therefor is to prevent judgment of divorce in collusive actions. Where, as here, the action is contested and no collusion appears, the corroboration, if required, need not be great.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““No decree for a divorce, or decree annulling a marriage, shall be rendered on default, without proof; nor shall any admission contained in the answer of the defendant be taken as proof of the facts charged ás the ground of the application, but the same shall in all cases, be proved by other evidence.” 1”
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.