Hall v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
112 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 112 later decisions — most recently December 2000 · most notably 20 Cal. 3d 437 - In Re Marriage of Morrison (1978), 38 Cal. App. 3d 93 - In Re Marriage of Lopez (1974)
112 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hunter v. Hunter · Baldwin v. Baldwin · 22 Cal. 2d 304 - Lincoln v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty. · Foley v. Foley · Howell v. Howell
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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . An allowance for support must be made ‘having regard for the circumstances of the respective parties.’ . . . ‘Circumstances’ includes ‘practically everything which has a legitimate bearing upon the present and prospective matters relating to the lives of both parties.’ . . . ‘ [I]t refers to the needs of the parties and the abilities of the parties to meet such needs; and in measuring such circumstances, consideration should be given to property owned and obligations to be met as well as to ability to earn and actual earnings.’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Modglin v. Modglin · Reese v. Reese““In any interlocutory or final decree of divorce . . . the court may compel the party against whom the decree or judgment is granted to make such suitable allowance for support and maintenance of the other party for his or her life, or for such shorter period as the court may deem just, having regard for the circumstances of the respective parties . . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]nsofar as the judgment awards Mrs. Hall $350 per month for support and maintenance, it is reversed; in all other respects it is affirmed.”
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.