White v. White’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
53 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently August 1972 · most notably Greene v. Greene (1947), Hardy v. Hardy (1948)
53 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 Chandler v. Whatley · Sparkman v. Sparkman · Decker v. Decker
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In our opinion due consideration was not given to the effect of the rule which requires such a change of conditions since the decree of divorce as will affect the question of the proper custody of the child, and, as said in White v. White, supra: ‘On that question there can be no particular advantage in having the witnesses before the trial judge.’ See, also, Greene v. Greene, supra. * * * it is our feeling that his decree is not based upon controlling factors — changed conditions. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alexander v. Davis““ * * * The trial court treated the matter very much as if there never had been a decree awarding the custody of the children to* appellant. But that decree is conclusive so long as changed conditions do not call for a change of their custody. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alexander v. Davis
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.