McFarlane v. McFarlane’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
January 1954
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kutchai v. Kutchai · Harner v. Harner · Toth v. Toth · Belting v. Wayne Circuit Judge · Nixon v. Wright
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The decree now under consideration expressly provides for money to be paid in lieu of dower and other property rights. It is not a decree for alimony, nor was it so considered by the plaintiff in bringing suit to obtain the judgment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gmelin v. Gmelin
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.