Smeltzer v. Smeltzer’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 1965
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tuley v. Tuley · Walton v. Walton · Frye v. Frye · Thornbrugh v. Thornbrugh · May v. May
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Corroborating testimony must pertain to the statutory grounds upon which a divorce may be obtained and mere corroboration of indignities and abuses which do not justify a divorce is insufficient to support a decree.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lindeman v. Lindeman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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