Sturm v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
1933
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
September 1949
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nickerson v. Nickerson · Knight v. Hamaker
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In view of the death of Ludwig Sturm, the complainant in the divorce proceeding, the sole reason for the maintenance of the instant suit is the determination of property rights. Death brought about a dissolution of the marital tie.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mignot v. Mignot
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.