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← 285 Ga. 468 - Sprouse v. Sprouse

Sprouse v. Sprouse’s Empirical Analysis

2009

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Thomas v. State · Wood v. Wood · Southerland v. Southerland · Rieffel v. Rieffel · Arkwright v. Arkwright

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[I]n addition to several specific factors, OCGA § 19-6-5 (a) [ (8) ] gives the factfinder broad discretion to consider such other relevant factors as the court deems equitable and proper.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “With respect to alimony, there is no statutory requirement that findings be included in the decree.”
    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.