Pierce v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
47
cited by 47 later decisions
4
states following
September 2022
most recently cited
47 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 71
Relies on Robert Industries, Inc. v. Spence · Rice v. Rice · 601 So. 2d 534 - Pimm v. Pimm · Schuler v. Schuler · Ross v. Ross
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the factual findings are 'clearly erroneous,' giving 'due regard ... to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses,' Mass. R. Dom. Rel. P. 52(a) (2008); (2) whether there were errors of law; and (3) whether the judge appears to have based her decision not on sound discretion, but 'on whimsy, caprice, or arbitrary or idiosyncratic notions'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]f a supporting spouse has the ability to pay, the recipient spouse's need for support is generally the amount needed to allow that spouse to maintain the lifestyle he or she enjoyed prior to termination of the marriage.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he judge must consider all the statutory factors and reach a fair balance of sacrifice between the former spouses when financial resources are inadequate to maintain the marital standard of living.”
2 later decisions 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.