Portewig v. Ryder’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
April 1979
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullen v. Mullen · Campbell v. Campbell · Phillips v. Kiraly · Florance v. Florance · Moyer v. Moyer
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This rule, however, is a flexible one and it is not to be applied without regard to the surrounding circumstances.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The findings of the chancellor based upon evidence heard ore tenus are presumed to be correct, and his decree will not be disturbed by us unless plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Burnside v. Burnside
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.