Pfister v. Pfister’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
December 2005
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Del Peschio v. Del Peschio · Del Peschio v. Del Peschio · Phaire v. Phaire
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]f the agreement was merged in the decree, then the original claim ... is extinguished, is superseded by the judgment, and relief for failure to comply with the requirements and directions of the judgment must be sought by pursuing the route of having the defendant held in contempt and punished therefor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morton v. Morton“If the agreement was merged in the decree, then the original claim ... is extinguished, is superseded by the judgment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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