Wacker v. Wacker’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
December 1996
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Knuteson v. Knuteson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any order of the court that a party pay alimony to a former spouse shall be terminated upon application of that party establishing that the former spouse is residing with a person of the opposite sex, unless it is further established by the person receiving alimony that the relationship ... is without any sexual contact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Haddow v. Haddow“with a person of the opposite sex. Once residence is established, alimony obligations are terminated unless the recipient can show that the relationship is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Haddow v. Haddow
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.