Lester v. Lester’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1948
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 111 N.J. Eq. 529 - Apfelbaum v. Apfelbaum · 119 N.J. Eq. 462 - Phillips v. Phillips · Cohen v. Cohen · Moller v. Moller
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“agreed to pay to the complainant for the support of the said child during her minority $150 monthly.”
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.