Sowers v. Sowers’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1983
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Soft Water Utilities, Inc. v. Le Fevre · PM Gas & Wash Co., Inc. v. Smith · State v. Deprez · 171 Ind. App. 509 - In Re Marriage of Robbins · 172 Ind. App. 108 - Roberts v. Watson
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Therefore, a TR. 60 purpose stated in a motion, regardless of its denomination, should be treated as a TR. 59 motion if it is filed within the sixty day period after judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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