145 N.J. Super. 120 - DeVita v. DeVita’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently January 2005 · most notably Gallo v. Gallo (1981), Beck v. Beck (1981)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections Butts · McLaughlin v. Florida · Korematsu v. United States · Fantony v. Fantony
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"We do not decide whether the mother's views are correct or incorrect but she has a rightful interest in the moral welfare of the children which is entitled to respect. Further it must be acknowledged that her views are not contrary to those of a substantial body of the community."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“manifestly unreasonable, arbitrary, or clearly contrary to reason or to the evidence, or the result of whim or caprice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * In our review of an issue of custody the conclusions of a trial judge are entitled to great weight and will not be lightly disturbed on appeal. Sheehan v. Sheehan, 51 N. J. Super. 276, 295 (App. Div. 1951). See also Schwartz v. Schwartz, 68 N. J. Super. 223 (App. Div. 1961). [at 323]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. M. P. v. S. P.
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.