Colvin v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1944
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Finnell v. Finnell · Hornor v. Hornor · Stocker v. Stocker · Harris v. Williams · Hughes v. Hughes
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The conduct of either spouse which grievously wounds the mental feelings of the other, or so utterly destroys the peace of mind of the other as to seri ously impair the bodily health, or such as utterly destroys the legitimate end of matrimony, constitutes extreme cruelty, within the meaning of . . . section 665, O. S. 1931.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Routh v. Routh
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.