21 Va. App. 231 - Nicholson v. Nicholson’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 22 U.S.C. § 3901 (Department of State Special Agents Retirement Act of 1998) · 22 U.S.C. § 4054 · 22 U.S.C. § 4060
Relies on Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo · Wilson v. Holyfield · 3 Va. App. 510 - Smith v. Smith · Martin v. Winston · Petticrew Real Estate Co. v. Muffler
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.
“In the Act, Congress provided that this statutory entitlement would control division of the foreign service pension “[ujnless otherwise expressly provided by any spousal agreement [or court order].” 3”
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.