Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1896
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 1964 · most notably Davis v. Davis (1916), Hill v. Hill (1946)
32 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 Bacon v. Bacon · Newman v. Newman · Wilde v. Wilde · Wagner v. Wagner · Johnston v. Johnston
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘The foundation for its allowance is the duty of the husband to provide for the wife’s support; and where a divorce or separation occurs because of his fault, the duty of providing for her maintenance continues, and the court by an allowance of alimony compels its performance.’ ””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“. . the court may for good cause shown, make such order as may be proper,' . . . for the control and equitable division and disposition of the property of the parties, or of either of them, as may be proper, equitable and just, having due regard to the time and manner of acquiring such property, whether the title thereto be in either or both of said parties,” etc. (Civ. Code § 668.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hardesty v. Hardesty““A wife who resides in this State at the time of applying for a divorce, shall be deemed a resident of this State, though her husband resides elsewhere.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Clark v. Clark
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.