Brown v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1967
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McLemore v. McLemore · Beck v. Beck
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * where it appears that the conduct of each spouse towards the other approaches mutuality, and both have indulged therein, a divorce should not be decreed upon the ground of cruelty to either of the parties.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fomby v. Fomby
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.