7 Va. App. 1 - Aster v. Gross’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably 10 Va. App. 728 - Srinivasan v. Srinivasan (1990), 14 Va. App. 558 - Gamble v. Gamble (1992)
56 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 1 Va. App. 118 - Parra v. Parra · 1 Va. App. 385 - Rexrode v. Rexrode · 4 Va. App. 113 - Mitchell v. Mitchell · 2 Va. App. 130 - Papuchis v. Papuchis · 4 Va. App. 132 - Artis v. Artis
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]ircumstances that affect the partnership's economic condition are factors that must be considered for purposes of ... equitable distribution. ... Circumstances that lead to the dissolution of the marriage but have no effect upon marital property, its value, or otherwise are not relevant to determining a monetary award, need not be considered.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]n reviewing an equitable distribution award, we rely heavily on the trial judge's discretion in weighing the particular circumstances of each case. Only under exceptional circumstances will we interfere with the exercise of the trial judge's discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Equitable distribution is predicated upon the philosophy that marriage represents an economic partnership requiring that upon dissolution each partner should receive a fair portion of the property accumulated during the marriage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lamb v. Lamb
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.