Baker v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1996
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of Greenville · Nienow v. Nienow · Kaiser v. Kaiser · Mitchell v. Mitchell · 94 Ill. App. 3d 361 - Bellow v. Bellow
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the circumstances of the parties or the financial ability of the spouse making the periodic payments shall have changed ... either party may apply to the court”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kelley v. Kelley
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.