Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently April 2018
14 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 Wells v. Dairyland Mutual Insurance · 21 Wis. 2d 54 - Kronforst v. Kronforst · Spheeris v. Spheeris · 35 Wis. 2d 103 - Wetzel v. Wetzel · Trowbridge v. Trowbridge
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he division of the estate is an adjustment of property rights and equities between the parties. In addition, [the property division statute] requires taking into consideration the ability of the husband, the special estate of the wife, the character and situation of the parties and all of the circumstances of the case. The court's appreciation of these factors is undoubtedly the greatest at the time the divorce is granted, for it is then when the trial judge's recollection of the entire matter is the best. Also, ... [this] court has held that absent special circumstances the date of the granting of the divorce is the proper time for the determination of the value of the estate for the purposes of a property division. Further, since the propriety of an alimony award is often viewed in relation to how much of the divisible estate the wife received, it is helpful to the Supreme Court when asked to review the trial court's decision to have the entire matter disposed of. Division of the property as early as possible would have the further advantage of the elimination of strife and friction which might result if successive applications to the court are needed to divide the trust property as it comes into the hands of the defendant.... [T]he Supreme Court [has] stated that the elimination of the source of strife and friction is to be sought and the affairs of the divorced parties separated as far as possible. We think that the better policy is to require division of the property,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Geraets v. Geraets“[a]bsent special circumstances, the date of the granting of the divorce is the proper time for the determination of the value of the estate for purposes of a property division.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Giesen v. Giesen“[A] judgment that provides for final distribution of the estate without making any provision for alimony cannot thereafter be modified to include alimony.”
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.