Lockley v. Lockley’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
August 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sarah Fall v. Elizabeth Eastin · William Watts v. William Waddle · Thomas v. Thomas · Harbour v. Harbour · Tolley v. Tolley
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.
“Of course, we have said numerous times, so numerous as to require no citation of authority, that corroboration in contested divorces need only be slight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Potter v. Potter
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.