217 N.C. App. 388 - Williamson v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gregory v. Lynch · Phelps v. Phelps · 58 N.C. App. 524 - Whedon v. Whedon · 136 N.C. App. 247 - Bookholt v. Bookholt · 165 N.C. App. 859 - Oakley v. Oakley
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Decisions regarding the amount of alimony are left to the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be disturbed on appeal unless there has been a manifest abuse of that discretion. When the trial court sits without a jury, the standard of review on appeal is whether there was competent evidence to support the trial court's findings of fact and whether its conclusions of law were proper in light of such facts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]t is within the trial court's discretion to determine the weight and credibility that should be given to all evidence that is presented during the trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Decisions regarding the amount of alimony are left to the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be disturbed on appeal unless there has been a manifest abuse of that discretion.”
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.