Griggs v. Griggs’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
October 2004
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vickers v. Vickers · Griffith v. City of Hapeville · Whitley v. Whitley · Daniell v. Collins · Sammons v. Tingle
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“at the insistence of a party who lacks clean hands with respect to those matters concerning which he seeks relief. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Holmes v. Henderson
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.