Lowrey v. Lowrey’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
August 1992
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · In Re Marriage of Vanet · Hull v. Hull · Pederson v. Pederson · Horridge v. Horridge
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The financial contribution made by the wife towards the husband’s legal education was of inestimable value with respect to acquisition of the marital property.... The “economic circumstances” of the wife at the time the marital property was divided were far less desirable than were those of the husband since he possessed the earning power of a lawyer while she possessed only the earning power of a secretary of limited skill.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Scott v. Scott“Section 452.335.1 3 reads: In a proceeding for ... dissolution of marriage ... the court may grant a maintenance order ... only if it finds that the spouse seeking maintenance: (1) Lacks sufficient property, including marital property apportioned to him, to provide for his reasonable needs; and (2) Is unable to support himself through appropriate employment....”
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.