Dixon v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kelsey-Hayes Co. v. Dunlop Co. · Pulliam v. Smith · Taylor v. Taylor · 74 N.C. App. 231 - Atwell v. Atwell · Spence v. Durham
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Absent an abuse of discretion, the trial court's decision in matters of child custody should not be upset on appeal.'”
4 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.