Baldwin v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1958
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gauger v. Gauger · Thomas v. Thomas · Littig v. Littig · Hooper v. Hooper · Newton v. Newton
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘‘The courts cannot relieve a husband of his legal obligation simply because he may find the discharge of such obligation burdensome.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Borchers v. Borchers
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.