Bean v. Bean’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 1972
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Spafford v. Spafford · Anonymous · Higgins v. Higgins · McEvoy v. McEvoy · Wald v. Wald
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.
““Such behavior on the part of the wife does not, in our opinion, constitute a constructive abandonment and desertion by her. * * * ” (Emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Adkison v. Adkison
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.