2000 Pa. Super. 340 - Hoffman v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Paden v. Baker Concrete Construction, Inc. · Ball v. Minnick · 429 Pa. Super. 540 - Crawford v. Crawford · 453 Pa. Super. 576 - Leister v. Leister · Erie Insurance Group v. Redevelopment Authority of Cambria County
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.
“The phrase adequate legal cause for leaving is not subject to exact definition. It must be interpreted on the facts of each case. A spouse who over a period of time suffers psychological oppression may be harmed as much as a spouse who over a period of time suffers physical injury. The law must recognize this harm and not force the oppressed spouse to remain in the unhappy environment in order to be entitled to support. On the other hand, the law should not impose on a spouse the duty of support where his or her mate departs the marital residence maliciously or casually on a whim or caprice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“disintegration of the parties' relationship”
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.