Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Golden v. Golden · Robertson v. Robertson · Jeffrey v. Jeffrey · Moody v. Moody · Turnell v. Johnson
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'The question of alimony cannot be determined by a mathematical formula, as the facts and circumstances in each case are different. The jury is allowed wide latitude in determining the amount to be awarded.’ [Cits.]” Smith v. Smith, 237 Ga. 499, 500 ( 228 SE2d 883 ) (1976).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Worrell v. Worrell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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