Iring v. Iring’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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

1. ““And there can be no doubt that the purpose of section 2118 was1 to place a limitation upon the right of divorce by preventing any party from obtaining a second divorce, except for a cause for which’ a divorce might be granted to both parties, or on the ground of adultery. The legislature, as we have said, could have failed to provide that a divorce might be granted for any cause, and if it had not legislated on the subject at all, no divorce could be obtained; or it might, after having allowed divorces for certain causes, have provided that neither party should ever marry again; or that one of them might but the other could not; or have placed any limitation it saw proper upon the right to remarry.””

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

2. ““So that under this section no person can obtain a second divorce unless upon the ground of adultery, or for the cause for which a divorce may be granted to both parties. ■ The result of this is that if a second unhappy marriage is contracted and the aggrieved party cannot secure a divorce on the ground of 'adultery, or for a cause that will authorize, a divorce to both parties, the parties must continue as husband and wife until there has been ‘a living apart without any cohabitation for five consecutive years,’ at the expiration of which time either may obtain a divorce, as this furnishes cause to both parties.””

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

3. ““A judgment of divorce authorizes either party to marry again, but there shall not be granted to any person more than one divorce, except for living in adultery, to the party not in fault, and for the causes for which a divorce may be granted to both husband and wife. ’ ’”

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