Schnepfe v. Schnepfe’s Empirical Analysis
1914
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently January 2005 · most notably Seuss v. Schukat (1934), Hartz v. Hartz (1967)
4 federal appellate · 23 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 Kroell v. Kroell · Rieger v. Schaible · Naill v. Maurer · Hokamp v. Hagaman · Michael v. Morfy
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In consideration of the said Caroline Mahle uniting in marriage with the said John Henry Schnepfe, the said John Henry Schnepfe doth agree to pay, in lieu of any dower interest which she, the said Caroline Mahle, would acquire in his, the said John Henry Schnepfe’s, estate, the sum of $12,000.00; the said $12,000.00 to be paid to the said Caroline Mahle upon the death of the said John Henry Schnepfe out of whatever estate the said John Henry Schnepfe may die seised of, said payment to be made prior to the distribution of said estate.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schnepfe v. Schnepfe““Whereas, a marriage is intended to be solemnized between the said Caroline Mahle and John Henry Schnepfe, and in view of which they desire to provide that certain real and personal property shall, after the said intended marriage-has taken place, be possessed, enjoyed and disposed of as though they were unmarried. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schnepfe v. Schnepfe
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.