174 W. Va. 734 - Luff v. Luff’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently October 2004 · most notably 196 W. Va. 239 - Carter v. Carter (1996), 178 W. Va. 563 - Cross v. Cross (1987)
39 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 160 W. Va. 514 - Nichols v. Nichols · 173 W. Va. 200 - Molnar v. Molnar · Cann v. Cann · 172 W. Va. 211 - Zirkle v. Zirkle · Veach v. Veach
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Questions relating to alimony and to the maintenance and custody of the children are within the sound discretion of the court and its action with respect to such matters will not be disturbed on appeal unless it clearly appears that such discretion has been abused.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.