Kephart v. Kephart’s Empirical Analysis
193 F.2d 677 · 1951
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Western Pac. R.R. Corp. v. Western Pac. R. Co. (1951), Dausuel v. Dausuel (1952)
34 federal appellate · 31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wetmore v. Markoe · Hiram Barber v. Huldah a Barber by Her Next Friend George Cronkhite · Griffin v. Griffin · Sistare v. Sistare · Audubon v. Shufeldt
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is perhaps convenient, and certainly not improper, for the court to enter a new judgment establishing of record the accrued installments which are unpaid .... But that procedure is not essential.... The wife’s application for a writ of execution accompanied by her affidavit as to non-payment should move the issuance of the writ ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“becomes a judgment debt similar to any other judgment for money.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Massey v. Massey · Jasper v. Carter
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.