Ruud v. Ruud’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 1987
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Van De Loo v. Van De Loo · State v. Corbin · In Re the Marriage of Abuzzahab v. Abuzzahab · Marriage of Powell v. Powell
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the decree, the obligation to pay future maintenance is terminated upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the party receiving maintenance.”
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.