Blanchard v. Blanchard’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1975
most recently cited
4 state decisions
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The person demanding an increase must, however, prove such an increase is warranted and the determination of whether this burden of proof has been met is within the sound discretion of the trial judge.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ramsey v. Ramsey
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.