Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
April 1985
most recently cited
5 state decisions
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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where a party to a ceremonial marriage has been previously married and the validity of the second marriage is challenged, the presumption is that the second marriage is valid until evidence is established that the other spouse of the first marriage is living. When evidence is established that the other spouse of the first marriage is living, the burden shifts to the party contending [sic ] the validity of the second marriage to go forth and show that the first marriage was dissolved by divorce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hayes v. Schweiker
How this case has been treated — in progress
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