Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
5
states following
October 1990
most recently cited
12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Although each case must be considered on its own facts, it is proper to develop general principles to the end that similar cases will be treated similarly. * * *"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.