Downey v. Downey’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schuler v. Schuler · Ross v. Ross · Gottsegen v. Gottsegen · Smith v. Smith · 19 Mass. App. Ct. 538 - Robbins v. Robbins
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.
“Unless there is no basis in the record for the judge's decision, we defer to the judge's evaluation of the evidence presented at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must demonstrate a material change of circumstances since the entry of the earlier judgment.”
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.