Wade v. Wade’s Empirical Analysis
1927
Citation profile
51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2008 · most notably Sherrer v. Sherrer (1948), Chisholm v. Chisholm (1929)
51 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 Prall v. Prall · Smith v. Croom · Warren v. Warren · Hancock v. Hancock · Beekman v. Beekman
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This court has also on numerous occasions announced the principle that the findings of the chancellor on the evidence will not be disturbed unless such findings of fact are clearly shown to be erroneous. But where the decree of the chancellor is not supported by, but is contrary to, the evidence, it will be reversed by this court on appeal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““. . . we cannot escape the conclusion that complainant’s evidence is insufficient to meet the burden upon him of proving the establishment, animo manendi, and the retention for two years [now ninety days], of his bona fide legal residence in this state prior to the filing of the bill of complaint.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The place where a married man's family resides is generally to be deemed his domicile, but the presumption from this circumstance may be overcome by other circumstances. Smith v. Croom, supra.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.