Oberstein v. Oberstein’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 18 state decisions

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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““From the facts previously detailed, it is clear that both of the parties are culpable in this case. We do not want any Court of any sister State, or of the Federal system, to afford full faith and credit to the void divorce decree rendered in the Oberstein case by the Garland Chancery Court. Neither do we want either of these parties to profit to the slightest extent by reason of their trifling with the Arkansas Courts. Such is the problem confronting this Court. * * * Thus, if we affirm the Chancery Court, we would be allowing Mrs. Oberstein relief to which she is not entitled because of her fraud; and if we reverse the Chancellor’s decree, we would be allowing Mr. Oberstein to have relief to which he is not entitled because of his fraud. Each of them is estopped, because of collusion and fraud, from obtaining the sought relief.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carroll v. Carroll

2. ““ (1) — We hold that the divorce decree rendered in this cause by the Saline Chancery Court on June 19, 1950, was and is void; and this adjudication of invalidity prevents the divorce decree from being entitled to full faith and credit in this, or any other State. (2) —We hold that each of the parties — Dr. and Mrs. Carroll — is precluded from any relief of any kind involving the said decree: she from having it vacated, and he from having it recognized. (3) —We refuse to adjudge costs in favor of either party, since both are culpable; and, without reversing or affirming, we direct that a mandate issue remanding this cause to the Saline Chancery Court so that the holding here will be entered as the decree of that Court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carroll v. Carroll

3. ““In the case at bar Mrs. Oberstein’s receipt of the weekly payments from November 6, 1947, to May, 1948, and her further delay until December 20, 1948, before filing the motion to vacate the Arkansas divorce decree— these facts together with others in the record — convince us that her Arkansas divorce proceedings were not caused by any duress exerted on her; but that she willingly traded her husband an Arkansas divorce decree for a property settlement.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carroll v. Carroll