Fouts v. Fouts’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1971
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Davis · Murray v. Murray · Caine v. Caine · Gross v. Gross
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To constitute voluntary abandonment, there must be a final departure, without the consent of the other party, without sufficient reason therefor, and without the intention to return.” Fouts v. Fouts, 281 Ala. 220 , 201 So.2d 56 ; Gross v. Gross, 265 Ala. 58 , 89 So.2d 737 .”
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.