BORLEY v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
19 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1341 (§ 4041 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on In Re the Marriage of Hunt · 59 Wash. App. 630 - In the Matter of Marriage of Bulicek · In Re Marriage of Adams · Compton v. Compton · Gemma v. Gemma
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial court as the trier of fact is entitled to arrive at the most probable inferences based upon the undisputed evidence properly before it and grant the summary judgment despite the possibility of conflicting inferences. This Court freely reviews the entire record that was before the district court to determine whether either side was entitled to judgment as a matter of law and whether inferences drawn by the district court are reasonably supported by the record.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The proper analysis is to look first only to the four comers of the divorce decree. If the language of the decree clearly and unambiguously holds the property settlement agreement is not merged, the inquiry is at an end. The court’s inquiry will move beyond the four comers of the decree to the property settlement agreement only when the decree is ambiguous and reasonably susceptible to conflicting interpretations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“if the pleadings, depositions, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions 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.