Chapman v. Chapman’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Lemond · Glading v. Furman · 84 Ill. 2d 212 - Siegel v. Siegel · In Re the Marriage of Hudson · State ex rel. Goldsmith v. Marion County Superior Court, Criminal Division No. 1
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The reduction of the delinquent amount to judgment impairs the trial court's use of its contempt power to enforce compliance with its prior order because the money judgment is a debt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a general appearance does not act as a waiver of the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction”
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.