22 N.C. App. 303 - Lemons v. Lemons’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 1980
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Panhorst v. Panhorst
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“who is actually substantially dependent upon the other spouse for his or her maintenance and support or is substantially in need of maintenance and support from the other spouse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Alimony is not awarded as a punishment for a broken marriage, but for demonstrated need.”
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.