Owen v. Owen’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
3
states following
June 1994
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Babcock v. Jackson · In re Disbarment of Sabiston · 67 Cal. 2d 551 - Reich v. Purcell · Maiello v. NYS BD. OF PAROLE · Clark v. Clark
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“What may be considered a just disposition of a dispute at one state of history may not be at another stage, considering social, economic and other conditions of society. The principle of stare decisis was not meant to keep a stranglehold on developments which are responsive to new values, experiences and circumstances.”
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.