Holmes v. Holmes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 state decisions

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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(1) If the length of the marriage is [five] years or less, general term alimony shall continue for not longer than one-half the number of months of the marriage. “(2) If the length of the marriage is [ten] years or less, but more than [five] years, general term alimony shall continue for not longer than [sixty] per cent of the number of months of the marriage. “(3) If the length of the marriage is [fifteen] years or less, but more than [ten] years, general term alimony shall continue for not longer than [seventy] per cent of the number of months of the marriage. “(4) If the length of the marriage is [twenty] years or less, but more than [fifteen] years, general term alimony shall continue for not longer than [eighty] per cent of the number of months of the marriage.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. George v. George · Zaleski v. Zaleski

2. “order alimony for an indefinite length of time.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 - Carbonneau v. Carbonneau · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 - Nystrom v. Nystrom

3. “addresses only divorce judgments and the modifications of such judgments; it does not address any matter that may arise between the filing of the complaint for divorce and the issuance of the judgment. Specifically, it did not amend, and did not even reference, G. L. c. 208, § 17, which provides for the payment of temporary alimony during the pendency of a divorce action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 - Nystrom v. Nystrom