Faustin v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Newburgh v. Arrigo (1982), Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc. v. Middletown Donut Corp. (1985)
3 federal appellate · 33 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.
Relationships
Relies on Chalmers v. Chalmers · Flaxman v. Flaxman · Kazin v. Kazin · Tyll v. Keller · 291 Ill. App. 152 - Jardine v. Jardine
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In simple parlance, it merely gives expression to the equitable principle that a court should not grant relief to one who is a wrongdoer with respect to the subject matter in suit.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Judgments of nullity of marriage may be rendered in all cases, when: a. Either of the parties has another wife or husband living at the time of a second or other marriage. b. The parties are within the degrees prohibited by law. If any such marriage shall not have been annulled during the lifetime of the parties the validity thereof shall not be inquired into after the death of either party. * * * * c. The parties, or either of them, were at the time of marriage physically or incurably impotent, provided the party making the application shall have been cognizant of such impotency or incapability at the time of the marriage, and has not subsequently ratified the marriage. d. The parties, or either of them, lacked capacity to marry due to want of understanding because of mental condition, or the influence of intoxicants, drugs or similar agents; or where there was a lack of mutual assent to the marital relationship; duress or fraud as to the essentials of marriage; and have not subsequently ratified the marriage. e. The demand for such a judgment is by the wife or husband who was under the age of 18 years at the time of the marriage, unless such marriage be confirmed by her or him after arriving at such age. f. Allowable under the general equity jurisdiction of the Superior Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“not so much a willing party to a 'marriage of convenience,' but rather the victim of unscrupulous persons who preyed on Haitian aliens . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pritchard v. Purcell
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.