Fort v. Fort’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of Greenville · Green v. Green · Hodges v. Hodges · Reaves v. Reaves · Bennefield v. Bennefield
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After the husband excepted to the master's report, the wife might have conditionally excepted, submitting that if the judge found that the husband was entitled to a divorce, he should order alimony and a property settlement. We are not prepared to say she should have anticipated the ruling and that her failure to file conditional exceptions should bar her from having the issues considered. The issues were definitely raised in her pleadings and in her prayer for relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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