339 So. 2d 84 - Hayes v. Hayes’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1979
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Killingsworth v. Killingsworth · 46 Ala. App. 617 - Muery v. Muery · Mount v. State · Muery v. Muery · Hayes v. Hayes
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.
“that imprisonment for contempt should never be imposed by a judge where the failure to pay alimony, etc., is not from contumacy, but from inability to comply with the order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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