Armstrong v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It seems apparent that where a wife seeks to discontinue a marital action, even after final decree, as in the latter case, if she is acting in good faith and is genuinely seeking a reconciliation with her spouse, the courts are inclined to favor her petition. The policy of the court is to encourage reconciliations and thus support, strengthen ánd sustain American family life, in which divorce with its attendant sorrows and evils is all too frequent. And, of course, in many instances the granting of such relief terminates the litigation. But in the case at bar, the plaintiff is not seeking to vacate the interlocutory decree so that she may attempt to effect a reconciliation with her husband. She is seeking instead a different kind of relief against him which is born out of a feeling of hostility toward the co-respondent. In place of a divorce, she desires a separation. Thus, in place of this litigation ending, it continues in another form. * * * * * * i¡¡ # The time-honored privilege of a woman to change her mind may not be permitted in this case. Motion denied.” (25 N. Y. S. 2d, at page 597)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Loeb v. Loeb