Steiner v. Steiner’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
48
cited by 48 later decisions
5
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
48 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1048
Relies on Mansell v. Mansell · Rose v. Rose · 639 So. 2d 921 - Ferguson v. Ferguson · Armstrong v. Armstrong · 610 So. 2d 348 - Tilley v. Tilley
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“compar[e] the relative positions of the parties at the time of the request for modification in relation to their positions at the time of the divorce decree.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“A judge is required to disqualify himself if a reasonable person, knowing all the circumstances, would harbor doubts about his impartiality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“take a dim view of efforts to modify it, as we ordinarily do when persons seek relief from their improvident contracts.”
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.