40 Ill. App. 3d 201 - Masterson v. Masterson’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 1981
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nye v. Nye · 5 Ill. App. 3d 627 - Girolamo v. Girolamo · 26 Ill. App. 3d 158 - People v. Wise · 26 Ill. App. 3d 131 - Brady v. Brady · 13 Ill. App. 3d 35 - Stark v. Stark
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.
““The trial judge had the opportunity to observe and hear the witnesses first hand and he obviously very seriously considered what would serve the best interests and welfare of the minor children.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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