Smith v. Edelman’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Department of Revenue v. Mason M. · Brooks v. Piela · Brash v. Brash · Pearson v. Pearson
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the termination of alimony payments to the wife was expressly contemplated by the parties' separation agreement, and accordingly did not constitute a material change in circumstances”
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.