Buchanan v. Graf’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 1990
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Corder v. Corder · Schroeder Ex Rel. Schroeder v. Horack · Murray v. Murray · MFA Mutual Insurance Co. v. Home Mutual Insurance Co. · In Re Marriage of Buthod
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he petitioner [wife] shall be allowed to remain in the marital residence ... until such time as the youngest child ... attains the age of (18) years; and at such time as such child attains the age of (18) years the marital residence shall be sold and the proceeds divided one-half each to petitioner and respondent after the costs of sale and mortgage indebtedness has been paid.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wright v. Wright“We agree with the pleadings in this case that the result of the decree was to create an undivided one-half tenant in common interest in David Graf and a like interest in Marilyn K. Graf.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Grunden v. Nelson
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.