Berg v. Berg’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
May 2025
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fischer v. Fischer · Ruff v. Ruff · Kostelecky v. Kostelecky · Hitz v. Hitz · Krueger v. Krueger
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he respective ages of the parties, their earning ability, the duration of the marriage and conduct of the parties during the marriage, their station in life, the circumstances and necessities of each, their health and physical condition, their financial circumstances as shown by the property owned at the time, its value at the time, its income-producing capacity, if any, whether accumulated before or after the marriage, and such other matters as may be material.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must start with a presumption that all property held by either party whether held jointly or individually is to be considered marital property.”
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.