Bailey v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of Greenville · Porter v. Porter · Graham v. Graham · Hulcher v. Hulcher · Beasley v. Beasley
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.
““A review of the entire record convinces us that the alimony is not in keeping with the husband’s assets, capacity to earn and ability to pay; the failing health of the wife, her needs, and accustomed standard of living and her incapacity to earn and provide for herself.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Deglman v. Deglman
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.