Wilson v. K.W.’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 2005
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 180 Ind. App. 496 - In Re the Marriage of Jones · Smock v. Hoeing · 177 Ind. App. 196 - State on Relation of Thrasher v. Hayes · Fulton v. Van Slyke · Marriage of Bays v. Bays
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On motion and upon such terms as are just the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from an entry of default, final order, or final judgment, including a judgment by default, for the following reasons: ore ok ok (4) entry of default or judgment by default was entered against such party who was served only by publication and who was without actual knowledge of the action and judgment, order or proceedings;”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Breneman v. Slusher
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.