Styka v. Styka’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
April 1997
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ballan v. Ballan · Maranto v. Maranto · Jester v. Jester · Boyd v. Boyd · Smith v. Smith
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““While the letter of ‘9-7/68’ to Andrew [the husband] and the letter of 17 October 1968 to Andrew’s mother [both written by Ligia, the wife] might have failed to provide the corroboration (of Ligia’s intention to desert) required by former Maryland Rule S75 (deleted as of 1 October 1968) we think they amount to sufficient corroboration in the case at bar since the deletion of Rule S75 restored Code, Art. 35, § 4 to its former effectiveness.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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