Davis v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blaine v. Blaine · Armer v. Armer · Cockrill v. Cockrill · Stewart v. Damron · Fernandez v. Garza
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a gift which, although in recognition or appreciation of some individual merit, is actually in the nature of a simple gift inspired by charity, affection, liberality or the like.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the equivalent of any other property earned through labor and industry”
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.