Crews v. Crews’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Nelson v. Nelson (2000), Wright v. Wright (1999)
71 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 Murphy v. Carron · Woolridge v. Woolridge · Guier v. Guier · Leone v. Leone · Bixler v. Bixler
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage ... the court ... shall divide the marital property and marital debts in such proportions as the court deems just after considering all relevant factors including: “(1) The economic circumstances of each spouse at the time the division of property is to become effective, including the desirability of awarding the family home or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse having custody of any children; "(2) The contribution of each spouse to the acquisition of the marital property, including the contribution of a spouse as homemaker; "(3) The value of the nonmarital property set apart to each spouse; "(4) The conduct of the parties during the marriage; and "(5) Custodial arrangements for minor children.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“The court from time to time after considering all relevant factors including the financial resources of both parties may order a party to pay a reasonable amount for the cost to the other party of maintaining or defending any proceeding under sections 452.300 to 452.415 and for attorney’s fees, including sums for legal services rendered and costs incurred prior to the commencement of the proceeding or after entry of judgment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Rhodus v. McKinley · Webb v. Fox“1. In a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage or legal separation ... the court shall set apart to each spouse his nonmari-tal property and shall divide the marital property in such proportions as the court deems just after considering all relevant factors including: (1) The economic circumstances of each spouse at the time the division of property is to become effective ...; (2) The contribution of each spouse to the acquisition of the marital property, including the contribution of a spouse as homemaker; (3) The value of the nonmarital property set apart to each spouse; (4) The conduct of the parties during the marriage; (5) Custodial arrangements for minor children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Poole v. Poole
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.