Palama v. Palama’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 1981
most recently cited
4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there must be a voluntary and unjustified separation by one spouse without the voluntary agreement of the other and with the intent of terminating the marital relationship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a case of marital disharmony, falling short of cruel treatment. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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