Levy v. Levy’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably 31 Cal. 3d 637 - In Re Marriage of Flaherty (1982), Armstrong v. Armstrong (1976)
47 state decisions
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 62 Cal. 2d 861 - Parsons v. Bristol Development Co. · In Re Estate of Cover · 42 Cal. 2d 55 - Flynn v. Flynn · 42 Cal. 2d 36 - Dexter v. Dexter · 65 Cal. 2d 192 - Estate of Baglione
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘The trial court has the power to require either father or mother or both to assist in the support of minor children (Civ. Code, § 196), and the community property, quasi-community property,, and the separate property may be subjected to the support of children (Civ. Code, § 143).’ ””
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.