Dunn v. Dunn’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2006
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Allen v. Allen
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[I]n this state partition proceedings have been consistently held to be equitable in nature,' and '[t]he statutes are not a strict limitation upon the authority of the court.'”
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.