Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Cabot v. Cabot (1997), Begins v. Begins (1998)
41 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 Klein v. Klein · Richard v. Richard · Quesnel v. Quesnel · Lalumiere v. Lalumiere · Cleverly v. Cleverly
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While it is within the court’s discretion to terminate the maintenance award upon remarriage..., remarriage is not a factor that must be considered under § 752. Remarriage does not necessarily improve the spouse’s financial security, and therefore courts have held that remarriage does not automatically justify a termination of maintenance payments____Further, the paying- spouse may seek a modification of the order if remarriage causes an increase in income so that a real and substantial change of circumstances is present.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Taylor v. Taylor“proves too short or too long, the disadvantaged party can seek modification”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Justis v. Rist
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.