Gaines v. Gaines’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2008
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Scroggins v. Alabama Gas Corporation · AMERICAN BEN. LIFE INS. CO. v. Ussery
Most-quoted passages
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“[the appellant] filed a pro se brief, and under Rule 2(b), [Ala. R.App. P.], we accept his reasons for lateness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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