40 N.C. App. 193 - Roberson v. Roberson’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
June 1999
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mauney v. Mauney · 10 N.C. App. 476 - Cox v. Cox · Rea v. Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. · Gorrell v. Gorrell · 80 Cal. App. 342 - Dam v. Bond
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Nevertheless, indefinite confinement for failure to pay alimony or support is not authorized unless there is the finding of present capability to comply. (Citations omitted.) Id, 239.”
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.