Franklin v. Franklin’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
May 1979
most recently cited
8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““While we agree with Judge Melvin’s findings of fact, we could not disturb them even if we did not agree, since they are not clearly erroneous.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Silseth v. Levang
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.