69 Wash. 2d 506 - Morris v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently May 1987 · most notably 10 Cal. 3d 592 - In Re Marriage of Fithian (1974), Busby v. Busby (1970)
39 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 Keton v. Clark · Kirkham v. Kirkham · 61 Wash. 2d 6 - Ovens v. Ovens · 58 Wash. 2d 288 - Friedlander v. Friedlander · 63 Wash. 2d 349 - Mumm v. Mumm
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is not in the nature of 'future earnings,' but is an asset acquired during coverture”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“After characterizing the pension as an asset acquired during coverture the [Morris] court did not treat it as a property asset, but awarded a specific payment of $100 per month from the military pension which was “all subject to further order of the court, or until such time as she remarries or becomes employed and earning $250 per month, or more.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“just and equitable, having regard to the respective merits of the parties, to the condition in which they will be left by such divorce or annulment, to the party through whom the property was acquired, and to the burdens imposed upon it for the benefit of the children, and shall make provision for costs, and for the custody, support and education of the minor children of such marriage. (RCW 26.08.110)”
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.