Gregg v. Gregg’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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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.

1. ““In this state the parties to a marriage may not vary or diminish the obligations which the law attaches to the relationship by private agreements between themselves. * ***** “The parties here concededly went through a marriage ceremony. Any private reservations they may have made in regard to their respective obligations under the marital status which resulted are void and of no effect. ****** “ * * * even jf it jjg assumed that the averments of the defense do sufficiently establish the absence of a contractual intention, that would at most give the defendant the right to maintain an annulment action. “Sections 5 and 6 of the Domestic Relations Law, defining void marriages, include only incestuous marriages and those contracted by a person whose husband or wife by a former marriage is living. The ‘marriage’ referred to in the defense is valid until annulled by judicial decree.” ( 231 N.Y.S. at 223-224 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Diogo