Constance v. Constance’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably Point Lookout West, Inc. v. Whorton (1987), Shanks v. Treadway (2003)
3 federal appellate · 41 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Busby v. Busby · Lone Star Cement Corporation v. Fair · Rodgers v. Williamson · Larrison v. Walker · Constance v. Constance
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that all right, title, and/or interest in the property listed below be, and the same is hereby awarded to George E. Carlson, Jr. as his sole and separate property, and the same is hereby freed and cleared of any claims, interest, and/or demands of Margaret Carlson, except as otherwise may be expressly stated in this Decree: [[Image here]] 8. Any and all sums, whether matured or unmatured, accrued or unaccrued, vested or otherwise, together with all increases thereof, the proceeds therefrom, and any other rights related to any profit-sharing plan, retirement plan, pension plan, or like benefit program existing by reason of [George E. Carlson, Jr.’s] past, present, or future employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carlson v. Carlson“And it further appearing to the Court that the Defendant ... will receive approximately $220.00 per month as retired pay at this time.... And inasmuch as no award is being made to Plaintiff for any portion of the retired pay, the Court finds that the sum of $200.00 per month for child support is reasonable and it is accordingly ORDERED by the Court that the Defendant contribute the sum of $200.00 per month toward the support and maintenance of said minor children....”
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.