Shaw v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Scoville v. Scoville · Noddin v. Noddin · Cleverly v. Cleverly · Jacobs v. Jacobs · Lambertz v. Lambertz
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]rongdoing that results in diminished income may fall within the category of voluntary termination of employment and bar modification of maintenance on grounds of changed circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Atherton v. Atherton“the testimony d[id] not suggest that the amount of maintenance determined through negotiation was affected in any way by the possibility of a later job loss.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Atherton v. Atherton“[t]here was no evidence that, at the time of the divorce, either party had any reason to believe husband would lose his job because of his prior actions”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Atherton v. Atherton
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.