Scott v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1972
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coleman v. Coleman · Heustis v. Heustis · Ralston v. Ralston · Justice v. Justice · Hall v. Hall
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The husband contends that the wife’s estate is sufficient within the meaning of the statute and she is therefore not entitled to receive alimony. ‘This court has construed “sufficient estate of her own” as used in KRS 403.060, to mean that the wife’s estate must he of such character and amount as will yield income or profits sufficient for her comfortable maintenance in a style suitable to her social standing, without her being required to consume the principal.’ McLaughlin v. McLaughlin, Ky., 405 S.W.2d 22 . * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kidd v. Kidd
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.