Mentzer v. Mentzer’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1967
most recently cited
2 state decisions
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That the spouse from whom a divorce is sought has been extremely and repeatedly cruel toward the other spouse; and such cruelty may consist of the infliction of mental suffering or bodily violence(Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cochran v. Cochran
How this case has been treated — in progress
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