131 Ill. App. 2d 382 - Kovack v. Kovack’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 40 Ill. 2d 344 - Hoffmann v. Hoffmann · 76 Ill. App. 2d 402 - Varap v. Varap · Ollman v. Ollman · 59 Ill. App. 2d 222 - Roback v. Roback · 94 Ill. App. 2d 233 - Quagliano v. Quagliano
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Physical cruelty may not be built upon trifling and insignificant incidents. On the other hand, it need not be shown that the physical cruelty was so aggravated as to gravely endanger the life or limb of the spouse upon whom it has been inflicted. ‘Two acts of physical violence resulting in pain and bodily harm, committed on separate occasions, are sufficient grounds for divorce.’ ””
2 later decisions 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.