Solomon v. Solomon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Nor is it of minor importance that men in the service should he relieved of unnecessary worry over existing relationships at home. Defendant is greatly exercised over the refusal of plaintiff to allow his son to visit the paternal grandparents for a short period each week and thus preserve the principal contact which he has with him. Under the provisions of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended (sec. 201, 50 USCA, Appendix, sec. 521), courts are empowered to defer litigation involving men in the service. The underlying purpose of that act is not only to preserve their rights and property interests during their absence, but to remove every inhibition which would interfere with their full devotion to the important tasks at hand. The policy of the courts is well expressed in the recent case of McGlynn v. McGlynn [ 178 Misc. 530 ], 35 N. Y. S. (2d) 6 [7] (decided May 13, 1942), wherein the court suspended operation of an order requiring a husband in military service to pay alimony to his wife, with the following comment: ‘At all hazards every inhibition must- be deferred so that he is physically, mentally and spiritually free to devote himself to the greatest task ever to confront him and his country.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ratliff v. Ratliff