Smith v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
February 1995
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 348 So. 2d 592 - Patterson v. Patterson · 245 So. 2d 896 - Bogle v. State · Moreland v. Moreland
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The extraordinary remedy of contempt is applicable to divorce judgments for child support because of the public necessity for insuring the support of minor children. When the public necessity is no longer present, the purpose and justification for the extraordinary remedy of contempt expires.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.