Allen v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
January 1987
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Loeb v. Loeb · Segalla v. Segalla · Wacker v. Wacker
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“What is an appropriate disposition of property in divorce actions is governed by the principles of equity regardless of the grounds of divorce. A decision as to an equitable division of property is separate and apart from that portion of the decree which grants the divorce. Allen v. Allen, 132 Vt. 182 , 315 A.2d 459, 462 (1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peisch v. Peisch
How this case has been treated — in progress
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