Amodio v. Amodio’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

cited by 64 later decisions

states following

September 2022

most recently cited

62 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently September 2022 · most notably Eckert v. Eckert (2008), Morales v. Pentec, Inc. (2000)

62 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

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 666 (§ 466 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 667 (§ 467 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Gordon v. Bridgeport Housing Authority · Barnard v. Barnard · Turner v. Turner · Gallo v. Gallo · Amodio v. Amodio

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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“Unless and to the extent that the decree precludes modification, any final order for the periodic payment of permanent alimony or support ... may, at any time thereafter, be continued, set aside, altered or modified by the court upon a showing of a substantial change in the circumstances of either party or upon a showing that the final order for child support substantially deviates from the child support guidelines established pursuant to section 46b-215a ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
e.g. 184 Conn. App. 822 - Keusch v. Keusch · 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 8432 - Taradash v. Taradash, No. Fa94 0137748 S (Jul. 18, 2000)
“[t]he plain language of § 46b-86 [a] ... makes clear that if a decree precludes modification ... no modification may be had”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 184 Conn. App. 822 - Keusch v. Keusch · 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 13486 - Spivey v. Spivey, No. Fa 97 0160109 (Oct. 23, 2002)
“the final order for child support substantially deviates from the Child Support Guidelines.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
e.g. 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 13486 - Spivey v. Spivey, No. Fa 97 0160109 (Oct. 23, 2002)

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.