McGee v. McGee’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1958
most recently cited
5 state decisions
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.
“This couple can never sail the matrimonial sea, except in storm, tempest, fog and misery. They can only wound and never comfort one another.”
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.