Farley v. Farley’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 1964
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smyth v. Smyth · Miller v. Miller · Burtrum v. Burtrum · Miller v. Miller · Walter v. Walter
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.
““ ‘The allowance of permanent alimony rests within the sound discretion of the trial court to be exercised in the light of all the surrounding circumstances, and such allowance will not be disturbed on appeal unless clearly against the weight of the evidence.’ ””
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.