Gerber v. Gerber’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably Huffman v. Huffman (1990), Gerber v. Gerber (1987)
32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Humphrey v. Humphrey · Z & S Construction Co. v. Collister
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]here is no final order that may be appealed from as to any of the issues between these parties, including the issue of dissolution of the marriage. ... In this case, as presented, we adopt the statement set out in Z & S Constr. Co., Inc. v. Collister, 211 Neb. 348, 350 , 318 N.W.2d 728, 729 (1982), “When, as in this case, substantial rights of the parties remain undetermined and the cause is retained for further action, the order is interlocutory and not final.... There being no final order in the District Court, the appeal is dismissed.” We apply this holding to dissolution of marriage cases. The appeal is ordered dismissed. The district court is ordered to, within 5 days of the entry of the mandate from this court, determine all issues between these parties and to make findings and orders as to all issues between these litigants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gerber v. Gerber“[T]he practice of bifurcating a dissolution of marriage case in any manner, and with any timelag, is expressly disapproved by this court. ... It serves no interest of any party to dissolve the marriage itself without simultaneously determining all property rights of the married par ties____ ... Whatever personal convenience a court may confer on parties by granting an immediate dissolution while retaining property jurisdiction cannot be worth the difficulties and problems to which the trial court is exposing the litigants. The litigants deserve better.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kimball v. Kimball
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