188 N.C. App. 488 - Pierce v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2013
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Quick v. Quick · Beall v. Beall · 32 N.C. App. 154 - Montgomery v. Montgomery · Rowe v. Rowe · 49 N.C. App. 463 - Britt v. Britt
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“specific ultimate facts . . . sufficient for [an] appellate court to determine that the judgment is adequately supported by competent evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he 'overriding principle' in cases determining the correctness of alimony is `fairness to all parties.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must relate to the financial needs of the dependent spouse or the supporting spouse's ability to pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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