Posner v. Posner’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently February 2024 · most notably 24 Cal. 4th 1 - In Re Marriage of Bonds (2000), Gross v. Gross (1984)
71 state decisions — followed in 24 states
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
Relies on Del Vecchio v. Del Vecchio · 53 Tenn. App. 594 - Crouch v. Crouch · Gallemore v. Gallemore · Allen v. Allen · Norton v. Norton
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"With divorce such a commonplace fact of life, it is fair to assume that many prospective marriage partners whose property and familial situation is such as to generate a valid antenuptial agreement settling their property rights, ... might want to consider and discuss also and agree upon, if possible the disposition of their property and the alimony rights of the wife in the event their marriage, despite their best efforts, should fail." Posner v. Posner, 233 So.2d 381, 384 (Fla. 1970).”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“"... the concept of marriage as a social institution that is the foundation of the family and of society remains unchanged. See 38 Am.Jur., Marriage, Sec. 8, p. 185. Since marriage is of vital interest to society and the state, it has frequently been said that in every divorce suit the state is a third party whose interests take precedence over the private interests of the spouses. [Citations omitted]" Posner v. Posner, 233 So.2d 381, 382-383 (Fla. 1970).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“"At the outset we must recognize that there is a vast difference between a contract made in the market place and one relating to the institution of marriage."”
4 later decisions 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.