Williams v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
4
states following
January 2005
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on White v. Nicholls · Matthis v. Kennedy · Brown v. Shimabukuro · Young v. Young · Ginsburg v. Black
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.
“[Statements in pleadings and affidavits are absolutely privileged if they have enough appearance of connection with the case in which they are filed so that a reasonable man might think them relevant. They need not be relevant in any strict sense. [Brown v. Shimabukuro, 73 App.D.C. 194, 195 , 118 F.2d 17, 18 (1941).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mohler v. Houston
How this case has been treated — in progress
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