Burnside v. Burnside’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
April 1979
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullen v. Mullen · Campbell v. Campbell · Brooks v. Brooks · White v. White · Clark v. Clark
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This rule, however, is a flexible one and it is not to be applied without regard to the surrounding circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.