91 Wash. 2d 317 - Wyman v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) The underlying assumption of preserving marital harmony is erroneous; (2) The judicial process is not sufficiently capable of policing the often vicious out-of-court settlements; (3) The opportunity for blackmail is great since the mere bringing of an action could ruin a defendant’s reputation; (4) There are no helpful standards for assessing damages; and (5) The successful plaintiff succeeds in compelling what appears to be a forced sale of the spouse’s affections.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 71 N.C. App. 460 - Cannon v. Miller

2. “[F]lexibility is necessary to enable the law to adapt itself to social change. As a society alters, so do its needs, and a serviceable legal system must be able in its development to take account of new social, political and economic requirements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 34 Wash. App. 45 - Magney v. Lincoln Mutual Savings Bank

3. “a rule of law which has its origins in the common law and which has not been specifically enacted by the legislature may be modified or abolished by the courts when such revision is mandated by changed conditions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 94 Wash. 2d 99 - Wyman v. Wallace