Nelson v. McCarter’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 1984
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thornton v. Floyd · Williams v. Williams · Davis v. Davis · 44 So. 2d 517 - Cryer v. Cryer · Succession of Esteves
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.
““Summary proceedings may be used for the trial or disposition of the following matters only: (1) An incidental question arising in the course of litigation * * *.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Delaney v. Delaney
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.