Gauthier v. Matthews’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 1972
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Moller v. . Moller · McCartan v. Filkins · Siebert v. Klapper · Caserta v. Caserta · Colletti v. Tranchina
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In actions for divorce, courts must take such evidence as the nature of the case permits, circumstantial, direct, or positive, and bring to bear upon it the experiences and observations of life, and thus weighing it with prudence and care give effect to its just preponderance.” (Emphasis ours.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dubois v. Falgout
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.