Murphy v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently March 2008
24 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 In Re Marriage of Rosan · In Re the Marriage of Williams · Fortuna v. Fortuna · Comer v. Comer · Madsen v. Madsen
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is essential that the amount of alimony awarded be sufficient to cover the [supported spouse’s] needs, within the limits of the [supporting spouse’s] ability to pay. The [supported spouse’s] needs are not, however, limited to the barest necessities. The award should also take into account the standard of living established during [the] marriage and the financial status of both plaintiff and defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Fowler““New Hampshire in adopting ‘no fault’ divorce has not prohibited by statute in all cases fault as a factor to be considered in determining property division and support payments. Murphy, supra at 673 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baker v. Baker
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.