Perry v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
May 2014
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Donahue v. Donahue · Kneece v. Kneece · Prevatte v. Prevatte · Taylor v. Taylor · Ray v. Ray
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction in a divorce case to find facts based on its own view of the preponderance of the evidence; however, it is not required to disregard the findings of the trial judge who saw and heard the witnesses and was in a better position to evaluate their testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lewis v. Lewis“Although our scope of review allows us to find the facts in accordance with our view of the preponderance of the evidence, we give broad discretion to the family court judge who has observed the witnesses and is in a better position to judge their demeanor and veracity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lewis v. Lewis
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.