Gardner v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 2016
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Weeks v. Weeks · Kirby v. Kent · Windham v. Windham · Gurley v. Gorman
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It appears to be well settled that reconciliation of husband and wife and resumption of marital relations for any period of time will render a previous contract and settlement of property rights void and that in the absence of divorce a separation contract between husband and wife is abrogation of the marital relation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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