Sharp v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 76 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently October 2019 · most notably Veatch v. Beck (1993), Westchester Fire Insurance v. Allstate Insurance (1996)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 76 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. . Schloss · Philpott v. Superior Court · McCall v. Superior Court · Davis v. Davis · Emery v. Emery
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Quasi contracts — contracts implied in law — are not true contracts. They are obligations created by law for reasons of justice. A quasi contract is no more than a legal device to enforce noncontractual duties. Such obligations were enforced at common law by the action of general assumpsit. (Restatement, Contracts, § 5, Comment a; Hyland v. Dewey, 146 Kan. 797 , 73 P. 2d 1038 ; 17 C.J.S. Contracts, §§ 3, 4, 6.)” (p. 178.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A district court has power to modify or change any previous order with respect to payments for the support, maintenance and education of the minor children of a marriage whenever circumstances render such change proper. The new order, however, cannot increase or decrease amounts past due. It must be made effective from the date of modification and not from the date of the original decree or from the time of changed circumstances. In other words, the modification must operate prospectively and not retroactively.” (Syl. If 1.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““When a divorce is granted the court shall make provision for the guardianship, custody, support and education of the minor children of the marriage, and, . . . may modify or change .any order in this respect whenever circumstances render such change proper.” (Italics supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grimes v. Grimes
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.