Tutor v. Tutor’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently July 2007 · most notably 639 So. 2d 921 - Ferguson v. Ferguson (1994), Armstrong v. Armstrong (1993)
36 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brabham v. Brabham · 278 So. 2d 446 - Jenkins v. Jenkins · 368 So. 2d 842 - Ramseur v. State · Gresham v. Gresham · Schilling v. Schilling
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The lower court should award reasonable sums for alimony ... in light of conditions as they now prevail, including (1) the health of the husband and his earning capacity; (2) the health of the wife and her earning capacity; (3) the entire sources of income of both parties; (4) the reasonable needs of the wife; (5) the reasonable needs of the child; (6) the necessary living expenses of the husband; (7) the estimated amount of income taxes the respective parties must pay on their incomes; (8) the fact that the wife has free use of the home furnishings and automobile; and (9) such other facts and circumstances bearing on the subject that might be shown on the evidence.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“The wife is entitled to support corresponding to her rank and condition in life, and the estate of her husband.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“This Court has the power to affirm, reverse, or modify the decree appealed from, or it may reverse in part and affirm in part or remand for a new hearing, and where all the facts necessary to enable it to do justice are contained in the record, it may make such order with respect to alimony or allowances as the trial court should have made. The essential facts are in the record. There would seem no need to remand the cause.”
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.