Goodwin v. Goodwin’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
October 1984
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roberts v. Roberts · 351 So. 2d 602 - Mitchell v. Mitchell
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The award of alimony and the division of property are matters within the discretion of the trial court and unless the record indicates a plain and palpable abuse of that discretion, the trial court s judgment is not subject to revision or reversal on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Boyd v. Boyd
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.