Williams v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
March 2004
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Martinez v. State · Sellers v. Sellers · Hance v. Straatsma · Igo v. Igo · Overcast v. Overcast
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In granting a divorce, the court shall make such disposition of the property of the parties as appears just and equitable, having regard for the respective merits of the parties and the condition in which they will be left by the divorce, the party through whom the property was acquired and the burdens imposed upon the property for the benefit of either party and children.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Forney v. Minard · Lund v. Lund
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.