Stephanski v. Stephanski’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 1981
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Colley v. Colley · Wooddy v. Wooddy · Allison v. Allison · Laws v. Laws · 131 So. 2d 491 - Riley v. Riley
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.
““We recognize the great difficulty that the wife and children will encounter in their efforts to continue to retain their economic status and living standard. However, we also observe that the earning capacity of the father and husband, as evidenced by past experience, is inadequate to provide a greater amount.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bell v. Bell
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.