Berman v. Bradford’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
April 1950
most recently cited
3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Except for one cause, impotence, divorces are granted only upon proof of wrong doing by one spouse. Before decreeing a divorce the Court must be reasonably! satisfied that the libellant has been faithful to the marriage vows, that the libellee has been guilty of one or more of the grievous offenses against the marital relations specified in the statute, that there has been no condonation, and that there is no collusion.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Russell v. Russell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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