Huger v. Huger’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
5
states following
December 1952
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shallcross v. Shallcross · Abell v. Second Judicial District Court · Zoellner v. Zoellner · 2 Cal. App. 70 - Culp v. Culp · Kendall v. Kendall
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.
“It has been repeatedly held that in a proceeding to modify a divorce decree in any manner affecting the custody of the children of the parties to the case, due process of law requires the giving of notice and affording a reasonable opportunity to appear and present proofs if desired.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wolfberg v. Noland
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.