Adams v. Palmer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting retroactivity because if not, “the tenure . . . by which all rights are held, depend, not on the law as existing when they became vested, but upon the fluctuating will of a legislative assembly. No rights are or can be secure.”
• “It is for the Legislature to prescribe laws for the future.” (emphasis added)
• \it establishes fundamental and most important domestic relations\
• “it establishes fundamental and most important domestic relations”

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Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-12-20· cited 168×
• Waite v. Waite
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-11-24· cited 76×
• In Re Marriage of Franks
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1975-11-17· cited 72×
• Ikuta v. Ikuta
  California Court of Appeal· 1950-05-26· cited 29×
• State ex rel. Alabama Policy Institute
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2015-03-03· cited 22×
• NECEC Transmission LLC v. Bureau of Parks and Lands
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2022-08-30· cited 20×
• McCree v. McCree
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-07-27· cited 18×
• Donaldson v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 2012-12-17· cited 13×
• Taranjit Kaur MAGHU v. Prabhjot SINGH Prabhjot Singh v. Taranjit Kaur Maghu
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2018-01-12· cited 6×
• Shikoh v. Murff
  Second Circuit· 1958-06-27· cited 4×
• Cohen v. Goldberg
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-16· cited 3×
• Robert E. Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2025-01-28· cited 1×
• Donaldson v. State of Montana
  Montana Supreme Court· 2012-12-17
• Daniel Waite, Sr. v. Margaret Susan Waite
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-10-05

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• White v. White
  New York Supreme Court· 1849-01-15· cited 24×
• Priest v. Cummings
  New York Supreme Court· 1838-12-15· cited 16×
• Priest v. Cummings
  New York Supreme Court· 1837-05-15· cited 13×
• Sherman v. Garfield
  Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors· 1845-07-15· cited 9×

Other cases named Adams v. Palmer

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Adams v. Palmer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1858-07-01· cited 4×
• Adams v. Palmer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1856-09-15
• Adams v. Palmer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1856-09-15
• Adams v. Palmer
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1900-06-19
• Adams v. Palmer
  Supreme Court· 2013-10-15
• Adams v. Palmer
  Supreme Court· 2013-12-09