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349 So. 2d 909 - Bennett v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

1977

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1978
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Dyson v. Gulf Modular Corp. · 301 So. 2d 622 - Fulmer v. Fulmer · 338 So. 2d 1148 - Billiot v. Bourg · 287 So. 2d 789 - Hermes v. Hermes · Breaux v. Breaux

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.

  1. “"Art. 160. When the wife has not been at fault, and she has not sufficient means for her support, the court may allow her, out of the property and earnings of the husband, alimony which shall not exceed one-third of his income when:”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “without limitation to the divorce proceedings only . . . .”
    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.