21 Cal. 2d 145 - Leupe v. Leupe’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 163 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 174 later decisions — most recently October 1997 · most notably 26 Cal. 2d 605 - Hough v. Hough (1945), Puckett v. Puckett (1943)
3 federal appellate · 163 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 Pereira v. Pereira · 4 Cal. 2d 356 - McClure v. McClure · Webster v. Webster · In Re Estate of Dargie · Raggio v. Mallory
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 174 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * the trial court is without jurisdiction to modify an unqualified disposition of property rights made in an interlocutory decree of divorce except in accordance with the methods applicable to judgments generally, time for which had expired in this case before respondent’s motion was made. Even though a final decree is not entered, the interlocutory decree becomes a conclusive adjudication and is res judicata with respect to all issues determined.” [Citing cases.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * The time for appeal having elapsed, the determination of property issues in the interlocutory decree became final and was no longer subject to modification except in accordance with the methods applicable to judgments generally. It follows that the court could not alter the decree * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The obtaining and entry of an interlocutory decree of divorce does not sever the marital relation, and any disposition of property made thereby becomes effective only upon the entry of the final decree.””
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.