Ward v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 2005
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sherman v. Sherman · Northcutt v. Northcutt
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only inference from the parties' conduct is that they intended to abrogate the property settlement at the time they caused the divorce decree to be set aside.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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