Destafano v. Grabrian’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
February 1997
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Madsen v. Erwin · 101 Mich. App. 537 - Cotton v. Kambly · Goldberg v. Musim · Roy v. Hartogs
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.
“the act of a man in enticing a woman to have unlawful intercourse with him by means of persuasion, solicitation, promise, bribes, or other means without the employment of force.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“are based on alienation of affections and criminal conversation, both of which are barred by the `heart balm statute.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Grabrian knew or should have known would lead to additional marital problems between [Robert] and Edna.”
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.