Ralston v. Ralston’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
November 1970
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coleman v. Coleman · Heustis v. Heustis · Yung v. Yung · Porter v. Porter
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Of course, numerous factors are involved, including the value of the husband’s estate, his income, age, health, capacity and ability to labor, and the extent to which the wife has been instrumental in helping to accumulate his estate. The wife’s age, health, station in life, the time she has devoted to the marriage, having and caring for a child or children, and other circumstances must also be considered.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Walters v. Walters
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.