Simpson v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 1972
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dunham v. Dunham
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Alimony is rarely, and only under peculiar circumstances, granted to the party in fault, even when that party is the wife.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Miller v. Miller
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.