Nash v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
July 2013
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morton v. Board of Com'rs of Ramsey County · Peterson v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. · Hepfel v. Bashaw · Boulevard Del, Inc. v. Stillman · State v. Hagen
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Settlements by their very nature entail the give and take of conditions. If the court or opposing parties were unable to offer a more advantageous financial settlement as bargaining leverage, it is unlikely a purported father would ever acknowledge paternity when settling a law suit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Benson v. Hackbarth“The court shall limit the parent’s liability for past support of the child to the proportion of the expenses that the court deems just.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McNeal v. Swain
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.