Hopper v. Hopper’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Limeres v. Limeres (2014), Johnson v. Johnson (2010)
25 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 Ogard v. Ogard · Schmitz v. Schmitz · Alderman v. Iditarod Properties, Inc. · Buster v. Gale · Lacher v. Lacher
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Rule 59(b); (3) fraud (whether heretofore denominated intrinsic or extrinsic), misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party; (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated, or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application; or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“attorney fees and costs that reasonably approximate the actual fees and costs required to prosecute or defend the action”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Worland v. Worland“left with a definite and firm conviction, after reviewing the whole record, that the trial court erred in its ruling.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Powell v. Powell
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.