West v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 2010
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 382 So. 2d 1197 - Canakaris v. Canakaris · 334 So. 2d 13 - Shaw v. Shaw · 383 So. 2d 1186 - Beugnet v. Beugnet · 335 So. 2d 5 - Shannon v. State · 379 So. 2d 949 - Duncan v. Duncan
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that a special equity is created by an unrebutted showing, as was developed here, that all of the consideration for property held as tenants by the entireties was supplied by one spouse from a source clearly unconnected with the marital relationship. In these cases the property should be awarded to that spouse, as if the tenancy were created solely for survivorship purposes during coverture, in the absence of contradictory evidence that a gift was intended.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brown v. Brown
How this case has been treated — in progress
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