Willcox v. Hosmer’s Empirical Analysis
1890
Citation profile
3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently November 1939
3 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.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The statute is mandatory upon the prosecuting attorney to enter his appearance in the cause. * * * Tbe marriage relation is of so intimate and delicate a nature, and tlie welfare of tlie children of the marriage is so closely connected and involved in the preservation or dissolution of the marriage, that the legislature has seen fit to make it the duty of the prosecuting attorney to investigate, and, if in his judgment their interest requires that there should be no divorce, he shall introduce evidence, appear at the hearing, and oppose the granting of a decree. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“11 It shall be the duty of said prosecuting attorney to enter his appearance in said cause, and when, in his judgment, the interest of said children or the public good so requires, he shall introduce evidence and appear at the hearing and oppose the granting of a decree of divorce. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.