Seuss v. Schukat’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2021 · most notably Harris v. Commissioner (1950), Barham v. Barham (1949)
58 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 Maynard v. Hill · Meister v. Moore · Bernatavicius v. Bernatavicius · Plaster v. Plaster · Carpenter v. . Osborn
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Ante-nuptial agreements are not against public policy but, on the contrary, if freely and intelligently made, are regarded as generally conducive to marital tranquility and the avoidance of disputes concerning property. [Citations.] Marriage constitutes the consideration for the agreement and has been declared to be not only a sufficient consideration but also one of `the highest value.' [Citations.] It may be the only consideration where the prospective husband, by an ante-nuptial agreement, releases the interest which he otherwise would obtain in his future wife's property as a result of the marital status. [Citation.] The validity of such an agreement is not impaired because the intended wife fails or omits to waive the interest she would acquire in her prospective husband's property since it is not essential that the agreement contain reciprocal provisions. Morris v. Masters, 349 Ill. 455 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.