Perry v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 1980
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jenkins v. Jenkins · Hill v. Rowles · Schley v. Dodge, Chancellor
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As a matter of law the trial court retains control of the cause with jurisdiction to modify an allowance of alimony or maintenance.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rowe v. Rowe
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.