14 Va. App. 868 - Via v. Via’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 2004
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 3 Va. App. 337 - Woolley v. Woolley · 66 Md. App. 68 - Campolattaro v. Campolattaro · 4 Va. App. 509 - Ray v. Ray · Taylor v. Taylor · Hawkins v. Hawkins
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““the court must look to the financial needs of the wife, her age, physical condition and her ability to earn, and balance against these circumstances the financial ability of the husband to pay, considering his income and ability to earn.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he decision to award spousal support rests within the sound discretion of the trial court. However, such discretion is not absolute and is subject to review for abuse.”
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.