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← 429 SO2D 1080 - Smith v. Smith

Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 1986
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 52 Ala. App. 224 - Eubanks v. Eubanks · 348 So. 2d 784 - Plaskett v. Plaskett · 385 So. 2d 1323 - Allen v. Allen · 57 Ala. App. 691 - Huggins v. Huggins · 376 So. 2d 1101 - Smythe v. Smythe

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.

  1. “[t]he judgment cannot be altered on appeal if it is supported by legal evidence unless the trial court's decision was palpably wrong.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[t]his court pretermits a summary of the evidence. Little or nothing would be contributed to the law by stating the pertinent facts.”
    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.