2 Wash. 2d 272 - Phelps v. Phelps’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
November 1972
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Freeland v. Freeland · Colvin v. Clark · Ostrander v. Ostrander · Prothero v. Prothero · Keller v. Waddington
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is not necessary that the findings state the evidence or the evidentiary facts, but only the ultimate facts concerning the material issues in the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.