Rust v. Rust’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
July 2001
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 659 (§ 459 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on McCarty v. McCarty · Fischer v. Fischer · Ruff v. Ruff · Eberhart v. Eberhart · In Re the Marriage of Jones
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We believe it is obvious that the trial court took into account the conduct of both parties when it made its property division. Under the Ruff-Fischer guidelines, the conduct of the parties is only one factor among a number of others to be considered by the trial court when dividing property. Conduct is not necessarily the sole or controlling factor and the guidelines do not require the division of property to be based on conduct of the parties; rather, they require that the trial court consider conduct in making the property distribution.” Rust v. Rust, 321 N.W.2d 504, 506 (N.D.1982).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mees v. Mees
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.