Barton v. Barton’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
June 1973
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 39 Cal. 2d 858 - De Burgh v. De Burgh · Barnes v. Barnes · 52 Cal. 2d 735 - Hudson v. Hudson · Hull v. Superior Court · 18 Cal. 2d 445 - Keener v. Keener
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Since the family is the core of our society, the law seeks to foster and preserve marriage. But when a marriage has failed and the family has ceased to be a unit, the purposes of family life are no longer served and divorce will be permitted.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Piner v. Piner
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.