Watkins v. Kidd’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
September 1977
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chandler v. Whatley · McEvoy v. McEvoy · Brown v. Brown · Miller v. Miller · Nelson v. Nelson
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * To constitute voluntary abandonment, authorizing a decree of divorce, there must be a final departure, without the consent of the other party, without sufficient reason therefor, and without the intention to return. Nelson v. Nelson, 244 Ala. 421 , 14 So.2d 155 ; Miller v. Miller, 234 Ala. 453 , 175 So. 284 ; Perry v. Perry, 230 Ala. 502 , 162 So. 101 ; McEvoy v. McEvoy, 214 Ala. 112 , 106 So. 602 ; Mayo v. Mayo, 199 Ala. 551 , 74 So. 971 ; Brown v. Brown, 178 Ala. 121 , 59 So. 48 ."”
2 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.