Galusha v. . Galusha’s Empirical Analysis
1889
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 215 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 239 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2023 · most notably North v. North (1936), Goldman v. Goldman (1940)
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 215 state decisions — followed in 23 states
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 Carpenter v. . Osborn · Kremelberg v. Kremelberg · Pettit v. Pettit · Calkins v. Long · Magee v. Magee
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 239 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ There are a number of cases where, notwithstanding a voluntary settlement by a husband upon his wife, the court has made an additional allowance upon the ground that the settlement was inadequate for her support;” citing 2 Bish. Mar. & Div. § 375, and cases there cited.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Meyerl v. Meyerl““There is no express or implied condition in the contract, that the plaintiff should continue to remain the wife of John Carpenter, but the obligation to pay interest was to continue unconditionally during her natural life.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shurman v. Shurman““No attempt was made to shorten the period of payment, should divorce or marriage thereafter result. It is written that the death of the wife shall constitute the event which shall terminate the agreement.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shurman v. Shurman
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.