Lewis v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson v. Skate America, Inc. · Shevel's, Inc. v. Southeastern Associates, Inc. · Hinchey v. Ogden · Wells v. Whitaker · Board of Supervisors v. BOARD OF ZONING
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[I]t must mean that the rules or methods by which the rights of the parties are to be finally worked out have been so far determined that it is only necessary to apply these rules or methods to the facts of the case in order to ascertain the relative rights of the parties with regard to the subject matter of the suit.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the decision must be such that “ ‘the rules or methods by which the rights of the parties are to be finally worked out have been so far determined that it is only necessary to apply those rules or methods to the facts of the case in order to ascertain the relative rights of the parties, with regard to the subject matter of the suit.’ ” Pinkard v. Pinkard, 12 Va.App. 848, 851 , 407 S.E.2d 339, 341 (1991) (quoting Lee v. Lee, 142 Va. 244, 252-53 , 128 S.E. 524, 527 (1925)).... “ ‘The mere possibility’ that an interlocutory decree ‘may affect the final decision in the trial does not necessitate an immediate appeal.’ ” Polumbo v. Polumbo, 13 Va.App. 306, 307, 411 S.E.2d 229, 229 (1991) (quoting Pinkard, 12 Va.App. at 853 , 407 S.E.2d at 342 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“merely determined that [husband] could not obtain an annulment by attacking the validity of [wife’s] 1975 divorce.” Id. It did not “determine the rights of the parties [with respect to wife's bill for divorce]” and thus it would not”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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