Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Henry v. White · 353 So. 2d 1389 - Financial Inv. v. Tukabatchee Area, Etc. · 373 So. 2d 314 - FEDERAL LAND BANK, ETC. v. Terra Resources, Inc. · Willis v. James · 336 So. 2d 203 - Hunter v. Austin Company
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.
“"`In ascertaining the intention of the parties, the plain and clear meaning of the [contract's] terms must be given effect, and parties must be legally presumed to have intended what is plainly and clearly set out.'"”
2 later decisions 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.