Barry v. Barry’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 1946
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Esteb v. Esteb · West v. West · Wood v. Wood · Walton v. Walton
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.
““The power of the equity court to modify its decree is based upon the exercise of judicial discretion, which should not be interfered with on appeal unless it has been abused. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schuch v. Schuch
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.