Krage v. Krage’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably Grode v. Grode (1996), Temple v. Temple (1985)
34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bollenbach v. Bollenbach · Lien v. Lien · Guindon v. Guindon · Hanks v. Hanks · Wallahan v. Wallahan
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court apparently had a pattern according to which it distributed the marital property. Similarly, we noted a pattern of distribution in Wallahan [v. Wallahan, 284 N.W.2d 21 (S.D.1979)] in which we stated, “[i]t is clear from the decree in this case that the trial court attempted to create a scheme of distribution which would take into account as fully as possible any immediate tax consequences without indulging in speculation as to possible tax liabilities which might theoretically arise.” 284 N.W.2d at 26 . We are hesitant to modify a judgment that follows a well-considered pattern of distribution. (Footnote omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kelley v. Kirk“must rest.its decision upon several factors as they appear material to the facts and circumstances of each specific case.” Krage v. Krage, 329 N.W.2d 878, 879 (S.D. 1983) (citations omitted). These factors generally include:”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Havlik v. Havlik“destroy the ranch as an economic unit and create undue tax liability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Grode v. Grode
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.