Dwyer v. Cempellin’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 11 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Shamban v. Masidlover (1999), Treglia v. MacDonald (1999)
1 federal appellate · 11 district · 6 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 Answer of the Justices to the Senate · Animal Rescue League v. Assessors of Bourne · In Re Miller · 9 Mass. App. Ct. 286 - Atlantic Savings Bank v. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. · Burrows v. Burrows
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Homestead laws are based on a public policy which recognizes the value of securing to householders a home for the family regardless of the householder’s financial condition. ‘The preservation of the home is of paramount importance because there the family may be sheltered and preserved.’ ... ‘Public policy dictates that exemption laws, such as homestead provisions, should be liberally construed to comport with their beneficent spirit or protecting the family home.’ ... The obvious legislative purpose of G.L. c. 188, § 1, is to protect the home from the claims of creditors for the benefit of the homestead declarant and his or her family. We conclude that, in light of the public policy and the purpose of the statute, the State homestead exemption should be construed liberally in favor of the debtors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Taylor“All existing estates of homestead which have been acquired under any law heretofore in force shall continue to be held and enjoyed notwithstanding the repeal of such law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Roberts“The preservation of the home is of paramount importance because there the family may be sheltered and preserved.”
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.