Leo v. Leo’s Empirical Analysis

1985

Citation profile

253

cited by 253 later decisions

states following

June 2020

most recently cited

253 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 253 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Krafick v. Krafick (1995), Knock v. Knock (1993)

253 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 Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester · Gallo v. Gallo · Kaplan v. Kaplan · Pasquariello v. Pasquariello · Koizim v. Koizim

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

“. . . the length of the marriage, the causes for the . . . dissolution of the marriage, the age, health, station, occupation, amount and sources of income, vocational skills, employability, estate and needs of each of the parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Scavo v. Scavo, No. Fa93 03097385 S (May 12, 1994) · 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 13973 - Simmons v. Simmons, No. Fa00 037 33 40 S (Oct. 5, 2001)
“the contribution of each . . . in the acquisition, preservation or appreciation in value of their respective estates.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 3132 - Sheer v. Sheer, No. Fa99 036 56 46 (Feb. 26, 2001) · 1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 3985 - Chestone v. Chestone, No. Fa96-0130722 (Apr. 4, 1997)
“In determining whether a child is in need of maintenance and, if in need, the respective abilities of the parents to provide such maintenance and the amount thereof, the court shall consider the age, health, station, occupation, earning capacity, amount and sources of income, estate, vocational skills and employability of each of the parents, and the age, health, station, occupation, educational status and expectation, amount and sources of income, vocational skills, employability, estate and needs of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 10712 - Toth v. Toth, No. Fa95 032 64 03 S (Oct. 21, 1997)

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.