Pate v. Pate’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. Farkas · Acree v. McMahan · Crowder v. Crowder · Yancey v. Mills · Knott v. Knott
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well-established that the usual rules of contract construction should be employed when determining the meaning and effect of a divorce settlement agreement. [Cits.] The cardinal rule of contract construction is to ascertain the intent of the parties at the time they entered the agreement. If that intention is lawful and sufficient words are used to arrive at the intention, it shall be enforced irrespective of all technical and arbitrary rules of construction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]here a contractual term is ambiguous, ... the contract must be construed against the party undertaking the contractual obligations.”
1 later decision 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.