Harrison v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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

1. ““Since it becomes necessary to reverse the portion of the decree awarding an interest to the wife in the residence, and because the monetary amounts of alimony and child support awarded by the chancellor may have been influenced by that additional partial lump sum award, as well as by the provision for continued use of the residence by the wife and the children, the cause will be remanded for re-evaluation by the chancellor of the alimony and child support, dependent upon the provisions which the chancellor may make for housing the wife and the children. “In the interest of clarity, and for the assistance of the chancellor and the parties in further proceedings in this matter, it is recognized that as the residence property will be owned solely by the husband, the chancellor may or may not make provision for such premises to be supplied to the wife and children as the place for their continued residence (§ 65.14 Fla.Stat., F.S.A.), or that the chancellor may make other provision for their housing, or make such revision of the alimony and child support because of their needs in that respect as the court may find from the circumstances of the parties shall be necessary and proper.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. May v. May