Murphy v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 1996
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Good v. Good · Orr v. Riley · Adams v. Adams · Klebold v. Klebold · Slade v. Slade
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.
“it cannot be held as a matter of law that the trial judge, who saw and heard the parties and the witnesses, abused his discretion in making the award complained of; and since no abuse of his discretion appears from the record, [the][C]ourt [of Appeals should] not interfere to control his judgment. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re REW
How this case has been treated — in progress
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