Sharp v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1982
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bagwell v. Bagwell · 90 So. 2d 115 - Grossman v. Grossman · 171 So. 2d 544 - Clutter v. Clutter
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is a well-settled rule that the chancellor is the trier of facts; that the weight of credibility to be given the evidence is within the discretion of the chancellor; that it is his duty and responsibility to discern which of the evidence to believe and which to disbelieve and that his discretion is clothed with a presumption of correctness.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sharp v. Sharp
How this case has been treated — in progress
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