401 So. 2d 514 - Ryan v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he entire financial condition of the husband must be examined”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Preis v. Preis · Clayton v. Clayton

2. ““If the spouse has not a sufficient income for maintenance pending suit for separation from bed and board or for divorce, the judge may allow the claimant spouse, whether plaintiff or defendant, a sum for that spouse’s support, proportioned to the needs of the claimant spouse and the means of the other spouse.” [Emphasis supplied.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clayton v. Clayton