Evans v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
November 1962
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pennoyer v. Neff · John Haddock v. Harriet Haddock · Peter Lee Atherton v. Mary G Atherton · Stevens v. Allen · Lepenser v. Griffin
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““For Haddock v. Haddock does not deny the fundamental proposition that each of the states has the right to establish for its citizens, and for all persons subject to its jurisdiction, its own policy and rules and regulations regarding marriage and divorce.” (Italics ours.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Land v. Land
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.