39 Wis. 2d 249 - Jackowick v. Jackowick’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . no precisely described or enumerated acts of one spouse toward another can be defined as cruel and inhuman treatment. In order to constitute cruel and inhuman treatment, such as to warrant the granting of a divorce or a legal separation, the court must consider the totality of conduct and the detrimental effect it has upon necessary marital relationships and its grave effect upon the health of the other spouse. The conduct of the offending spouse must be unreasonable and unwarranted, it must render the parties incapable of performing their marital duties, and it must have a detrimental effect upon the physical or mental health of the offended spouse. . . .” (Emphasis supplied.) See also: Moonen v. Moonen (1968), 39 Wis. 2d 640, 644 , 159 N. W. 2d 720 ; Jackowick v. Jackowick (1968), 39 Wis. 2d 249, 252 , 159 N. W. 2d 54 ; Mecha v. Mecha (1967), 36 Wis. 2d 29, 33 , 152 N. W. 2d 923 ; Gauer v. Gauer (1967), 34 Wis. 2d 451, 454, 455 , 149 N. W. 2d 533 ; and Newton v. Newton (1967), 33 Wis. 2d 182, 188, 189 , 147 N. W. 2d 328 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 64 Wis. 2d 110 - Heiting v. Heiting · 42 Wis. 2d 507 - Jacobs v. Jacobs