2 Va. App. 125 - Collier v. Collier’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently May 2003 · most notably 4 Va. App. 326 - Graves v. Graves (1987), 5 Va. App. 374 - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Pierce (1987)
34 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 1 Va. App. 385 - Rexrode v. Rexrode · Thomasson v. Thomasson · Breschel v. Breschel · Graves v. Graves · Capps v. Capps
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In awarding spousal support, the chancellor must consider the relative needs and abilities of the parties. He is guided by the nine factors that are set forth in Code § 20-107.1. When the chancellor has given due consideration to these factors, his determination will not be disturbed on appeal except for a clear abuse of discretion.”
2 later decisions 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.