Argent v. Argent’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
May 1968
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Vaca v. Sipes · United States ex rel. Chapman v. Federal Power Commission · Lopez v. Lopez · Wheeler v. Wheeler · Smith v. Smith
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.
““Upon the entry of a final decree of annulment or absolute divorce, in the absence of a valid antenuptial or post-nuptial agreement in relation thereto, all property rights of the parties in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety shall stand dissolved and, in the same proceeding in which the decree is entered, the court may award the property to the one lawfully entitled thereto or apportion it in such manner as seems equitable, just, and reasonable.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Congress in legislating for the District of Columbia has no power to enact legislation affecting the title to Maryland real estate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“voluntary separation from bed and board for one year without cohabitation,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.