15 Wash. App. 254 - Staley v. Staley’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1984
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Fuentes v. Shevin · Boddie v. Connecticut · Milliken v. Meyer · Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“publication shall also contain a brief statement of the object of the action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The object of said action is to obtain a judgment and decree of said court in favor of said plaintiff against you, forever dissolving the bonds of matrimony . . . and of the equitable distribution to plaintiff of the property, real and personal, of plaintiff and yourself.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The object of this action is to obtain a divorce.”
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.