Plumb v. Plumb’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1988
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lyerla v. Lyerla · Johnson v. Johnson · 26 Utah 2d 436 - Harmon v. Harmon · Hawkins v. Hawkins · 177 Cal. App. 2d 75 - Davis v. Davis
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.
“It is not under all circumstances, regardless of what has occurred, that once a court has acquired jurisdiction in a divorce action it should assume and exercise jurisdiction for all subsequent motions relating to the custody of minor children. 5”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tuttle v. Henderson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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