Godsy v. Godsy’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Woods v. Cantrell · Shapleigh Inv. Co. v. Miller · 240 Mo. App. 776 - Bank of Thayer v. Klump Transfer Co. · 239 Mo. App. 1199 - Camden Ex Rel. Camden v. St. Louis Public Service Co. · Collier v. Smith
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When, within 90 days after the motion for new trial was filed, the court disposed of it by overruling it (February 7, 1948), the judgment then became final (citation omitted). Thereafter, the court had no further authority to disturb the judgment or its finality.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dayringer v. Mullen
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.