Muth v. Muth’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
March 1961
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sharp v. Sharp · Kreidler v. Kreidler
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is true that KRS 403.020 provides that a wife may not be granted a divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment unless ‘she is not in like fault,’ while it provides that the husband may have a divorce for cruel and inhuman treatment on her part without any provision as to his not being in like fault.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fenner v. Fenner
How this case has been treated — in progress
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