Webber v. Webber’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
108 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions — most recently January 2009 · most notably 31 Cal. 3d 637 - In Re Marriage of Flaherty (1982), 20 Cal. 3d 437 - In Re Marriage of Morrison (1978)
108 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 Baldwin v. Baldwin · 28 Cal. 2d 276 - Colbert v. Colbert · Arnold v. Arnold · 80 Cal. App. 494 - Lamborn v. Lamborn · Peters v. Peters
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This does not speak of punishment of the guilty party measured by the degree of guilt. It speaks only of legal consequences which flow from conduct which causes dissolution of the marriage. In such a case the law imposes a duty to compensate the opposite party. This compensation does not take the form of exemplary or punitive damages. Instead, the trial court in its exercise of sound discretion is to grant a 'suitable allowance for the support' of the other party, for life or a shorter period 'as the court may deem just, having regard for the circumstances of the respective parties.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[C]onduct on the part of the trial judge, indicating his unsympathetic attitude toward the litigation, does not accord with recognized principles of judicial decorum consistent with the presentation of a case in an atmosphere of fairness and impartiality, and it cannot be condoned.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A trial judge should not prejudge the issues but should keep an open mind until all the evidence is presented to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.