125 Ill. App. 2d 91 - Edwards v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
53 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently December 2010 · most notably 13 Ill. App. 3d 964 - Waldron v. Waldron (1973), In re Marriage of Kessler (1982)
53 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.
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The financial status of plaintiff’s present wife has no bearing upon the obligation of plaintiff to support his minor child. However, it is quite apparent that the trial court considered the financial circumstances and needs of plaintiff and of the minor child in light of all the facts surrounding both households. We cannot say that this was an abuse of discretion, but rather it was an assessment of those matters which demonstrate clearly the effort to reach an equitable conclusion.” ( 125 Ill. App. 2d 91, 96 , 259 N.E.2d 820, 823 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The court may, on application, from time to time, terminate or make such alterations in the allowance of alimony and maintence, and the care, education, custody and support of the child, as shall appear reasonable and proper.” Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 40, par. 19.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.