Bowman v. Bowman’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
4
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Willett v. Clark · Brown v. Brown · Matter of Guardianship of RB · Dahnke v. Dahnke · Simons v. Simons
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.
“[the purpose of special findings of fact is to provide reviewing courts with the theory upon which the judge decided the case, so they should contain a statement of the ultimate facts from which the trial court determines the legal rights of the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Weiss v. Harper“Special findings are those which contain all facts necessary for recovery by a party in whose favor conclusions of law are found.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Weiss v. Harper
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.