Mani v. Mani’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
February 2017
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Maynard v. Hill · Rothman v. Rothman · Painter v. Painter · Williams v. Williams · Kinsella v. Kinsella
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]gregious fault is a term of art that requires not simply more, or even more public acts of marital indiscretion, but acts by their very nature, are different in kind. By way of example but not limitation, California has legislatively barred alimony payments to a dependent spouse who has attempted to murder the supporting spouse. Cal. Fam. Code § 4324 . Deliberately infecting a spouse with a loathsome disease also comes to mind. Underlying these examples is the concept that some conduct, by its very nature is so outrageous that it can be said to violate the social contract, such that society would not abide continuing the economic bonds between the parties. In the extremely narrow class of cases in which such conduct occurs, it may be considered by the court, not in calculating an alimony award, but in the initial determination of whether alimony should be allowed at all. [ Id. at 92, 869 A. 2d 904 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“cases in which the fault so violates societal norms that continuing the economic bonds between the parties would confound notions of simple justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the focus of the decision regarding alimony is generally on the financial circumstances of the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.