Knowles v. Knowles’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably Irena Dyndul v. Michael Dyndul (1976), Todman v. Todman (1978)
9 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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 Barham v. Barham · Lopez v. Lopez · 5 Ill. 2d 456 - Cross v. Cross · Emery v. Emery · Miller v. Miller
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The homestead protection and exemption provided in this section shall continue to attach to the property after the death of the owner thereof, and shall inure to the favor of the surviving spouse while the latter continues to occupy the said homestead, and after the death of both spouses, to the favor of their children until the youngest surviving of these shall have attained majority. In case either spouse shall abandon the home, the homestead protection and exemption shall continue in favor of the spouse who occupies the property as a dwelling; and in the case of a divorce, the court which grants it shall make disposition of the homestead in accordance with the equity of the case.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The method of property settlement is a remedy distinct from and supplemental to, the alimony powers conferred by 16 V.I.C. § 109(3). Unlike alimony, it proceeds on the basis of “the equities”. ... It is also unlike alimony in that it represents a limited and one time obligation. It should, therefore, be seen as an additional procedure available in divorce actions. (Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“... in the case of a divorce, the court which grants it shall make disposition of the homestead in accordance with the equity of the case.”
2 later decisions 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.