George R. Joslyn, George R. Joslyn and Dorothy Joslyn, and George R. Joslyn v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently July 2006
4 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 23
Relies on Herrick v. Herrick · Mandel v. Commissioner · Leon Mandel and Carolina Panerai Mandel v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by the terms of the decree or written instrument”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“make such alterations in the allowance of alimony and maintenance, and the care, custody and support of the children, as shall appear reasonable and proper”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“for the support and maintenance of the minor children of the parties and the defendant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.