242 N.J. Super. 567 - Culp v. Culp’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Berry v. Midtown Service Corp. · Freda v. Commercial Trust Co. · Woodhouse v. Woodhouse · 190 N.J. Super. 139 - Interchange State Bank v. Riegel · 107 N.J. Eq. 249 - Fredd v. Darnell
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.
“to avoid the problems stemming from defendant's untimely death which would deprive the surviving spouse of equitable distribution under N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23 [now N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23.1] while excluding her, because of the moribund marriage, from an elective share under N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“only in unusual and extenuating circumstances....”
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.