Schenek v. Schenek’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
4
states following
June 2002
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 451 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Daou v. Harris
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he guidelines insure that child support awards are consistent for persons in similar circumstances. They operate as presumptions and thus are procedural in concept. . . . Accordingly, the supreme court's rule-making power applies”
3 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.