178 W. Va. 23 - Hamstead v. Hamstead’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
June 1999
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 167 W. Va. 1 - Patterson v. Patterson
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“marital property” for purposes of equitable distribution at the time of divorce notwithstanding that the assets have been acquired by one spouse and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.