Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1959
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 233 Mo. App. 1019 - Bovard v. Bovard · Wagner v. Wagner · Taylor v. Taylor · Beaulieu v. Beaulieu · In Re Brodsky v. Brodsky
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * In a divorce suit no property comes into the picture unless a divorce is granted; then, incidental thereto, property rights are adjusted, and an attorney’s lien may be impressed. The divorce — the cause of action — is not susceptible of a lien.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Akers v. Akers
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.