Stepp v. Stepp’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523
Relies on Sylvester v. Sylvester · Schepp v. Hess · Stork v. Stork · 126 N.C. App. 184 - Milner v. Littlejohn · Turman v. Turman
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may be granted only to that litigant who qualifies for the added benefit by the mandated process of judicial balancing of the equities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a very wide and extended discretion that has been described as 'almost unlimited”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“plenary control over their terminal decisions.”
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.