Schuman v. Schuman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 state decisions

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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is an unfortunate fact of life that two people cannot live apart as inexpensively as they can live together. The innocent wife is en titled to alimony. The husband is entitled to live also.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sanborn v. Sanborn · 13 Md. App. 608 - Verges v. Verges

2. ““The award of alimony generally is a question of judg ment on facts not in dispute and it is peculiarly the kind of determination which an appellate court feels freer to make than it does in matters which depend upon credibility, where the appearance and demeanor of the witnesses are important and the determination of disputed facts controls the case. Undoubtedly, this is the reason why this Court sometimes has changed the award of alimony, without expressly saying (as necessarily was implicit in the decision) that the chancellor was clearly wrong.” Id. at 521 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gebhard v. Gebhard

3. ““]I]n reviewing the award of alimony by the chancellor, * * * the factors to be considered [are] the husband’s wealth and earning capacity, the station in life of the parties, their physical condition and ability to work, the length of time they have lived together, the circumstances leading up to the divorce and the fault that destroyed the home * * (citing authorities) Id. at 434 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gebhard v. Gebhard