Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1930
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1947
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kane v. Kane · Klein v. Klein · Gilbert v. Gilbert
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We are unwilling at this time to substitute our judgment for his, particularly in view of the fact that if it is at any time made to appear to him that the above provision is not for the best interests of the child, when considering' the rights of the parents, a new decree may be made by him.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Walton v. Walton
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.