Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 177 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The parties married in 1966, following Dr. Johnson’s first year in medical school. Mrs. Johnson had a Bachelor’s Degree in business. While he was in medical school, she worked, thereby supplying $14,000 to the marriage. He earned about $3,500 during that time. His parents paid for tuition and books. During his one-year internship, both worked. After 1970, she did not work outside the home. The parties have three children. After twenty years of marriage they separated, having enjoyed an affluent standard of living. They stipulated to an equal division of real and personal property, yielding $428,000 for her and $428,000 for him. Each party received over $200,000 of income-producing personal property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Johnson

2. “(1) Mrs. Johnson’s needs; (2) her ability to provide for herself, including an earning capacity baseline; (3) elimination of the ten-year cap on alimony; (4) a separate finding concerning income which will flow to both parties from the respective properties awarded; and (5) an alimony award consistent with those findings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Johnson