Cherry v. Cherry’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 841 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 867 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Blakemore v. Blakemore (1983), Booth v. Booth (1989)
2 federal appellate · 841 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 Wolfe v. Wolfe
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 867 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(C)(1) Except as provided in this division or division (E)(1) of this section, the division of marital property shall be equal. If an equal division of marital property would be inequitable, the court shall not divide the marital property equally but instead shall divide it between the spouses in the manner the court determines equitable. In making a division of marital property, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including those set forth in division (F) of this section.”
36 later decisions quote this exact passage“`* * * Marriage is a union of equals. Neither party should make a profit at the expense of the other. * * * This is why it is ill-advised and impossible for any court to set down a flat rule concerning property division upon divorce. A trial court must have discretion to do what is equitable upon the facts and circumstances of each case.'”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage“The mere fact that a property division is unequal does not, standing alone, amount to an abuse of discretion.”
12 later decisions 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.