Esserman v. Esserman’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Adams v. Adams · Graham v. Graham · Sacramento Municipal Utility District v. All Parties and Persons · In Re Marriage of Nielsen · 120 Cal. App. 3d 454 - Fukuzaki v. Superior Court
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.
“All orders for the support of either party based on the agreement [for spousal support] shall be deemed law-imposed and shall be deemed made under the power of the court to make the orders. The provisions of any agreement or order for the support of either party shall be subject to subsequent modification or revocation by court order. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.