Bryant v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[t]he determination of what constitutes the reasonable needs and expenses of a party in an alimony action is within the discretion of the trial judge, and he is not required to accept at face value the assertion of living expenses offered by the litigants themselves[.]' " 139 N.C. App. at 618 -19 , 534 S.E.2d at 232 (quoting Whedon , 58 N.C. App. at 529 , 294 S.E.2d at 32 ). Nevertheless, this Court found "the trial court's inclusion of this investment income amount as an expense for the plaintiff but not for the defendant constituted an abuse of discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Almason v. Almason · 264 N.C. App. 735 - Wise v. Wise

2. “[i]t [was] not logical that the trial court could properly characterize [the] investment income, earned and reinvested during the course of the marriage, as an expense for one spouse but not for the other.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 735 - Wise v. Wise

3. “custom of making regular additions to savings plans as a part of their standard of living[.]”

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