Cain v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
1916
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 1947
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McCord v. McCord · Chappell v. Chappell
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.
““For obvious reasons, the appellate court will not modify a decree of this character unless there has clearly been an abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Blethen v. Blethen
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.