Townsend v. Townsend’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
October 1958
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Greiner v. Bank of Adelaide
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.
““The answering papers [charge] that the plaintiff is here under a visitor’s visa, which is of limited duration and which necessarily prevents him from establishing a residence in the United States. The mere fact that plaintiff arrived under a temporary visa is not enough to prevent him from becoming a resident of this state. It is his actual place of abode which is determinative.” (Emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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