Thompson v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Andler v. Andler (1975), Brady v. Brady (1979)
48 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 Herzmark v. Herzmark · Zeller v. Zeller · Grimes v. Grimes · Allison v. Allison · State v. Waller
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Although the mother and others may be supporting the children this does not diminish or suspend the obligation of the father to support his children. [Citations omitted.] It is generally recognized that gratuitous contributions from relatives, friends, charities, governmental agencies or a stepfather will not reduce or diminish the father’s obligation to furnish child support.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.