Bates v. Bates’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kirtland v. Fort Morgan Auth. Sewer Serv., Inc. · 906 So. 2d 892 - Ex Parte Family Dollar Stores of Alabama, Inc. · 726 So. 2d 632 - Sampson v. Cansler · Sumlin v. Sumlin · 828 So. 2d 269 - Phillips v. Randolph
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' "does not require that the movant satisfy the trial court that the movant would necessarily prevail at a trial on the merits, only that the movant show the court that the movant is prepared to present a plausible defense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Wise v. Wise · Jones v. Jones“' 698 So.2d at 1099 (quoting Evans v. Evans , 441 So.2d 948 , 950 (Ala. Civ. App. 1983) ).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Wise v. Wise · Jones v. Jones“Furthermore, this court has previously stated that ' "we can envision no species of case in which the 'strong bias' in favor of reaching the merits ... could be any stronger than in a case such as this involving custody of a minor child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wise v. Wise
How this case has been treated — in progress
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