Simpson v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1950
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Phy v. Phy · Brandt v. Brandt · Warner v. Warner
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘ ‘ The circuit judges had the privilege of observing the demeanor and attitude of the parties and their physical condition, and their judgment, maturely considered, is entitled to great weight.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shields v. Bosch
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.