Timmerman v. Timmerman’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
June 1975
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lynde v. Lynde · 111 N.J. Eq. 529 - Apfelbaum v. Apfelbaum · Calame v. Calame · Halstead v. Halstead · Adams v. Adams
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * the courts consider the right to alimony which is a decree of money payments as a purely personal right, not in any sense a property right. On the other hand, contract rights are property rights. * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gilbert v. Gilbert
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.