51 Ala. App. 448 - Barber v. Barber’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same · Shelley v. Kraemer · Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The paramount consideration of an equity court in determining the amount of support for mihor children is the best interest and welfare of the children, taking into account the ability of the father to pay. The amount to be granted is a matter of discretion with the court and revisable on appeal only for an abuse of such discretion. Featherston v. Featherston, 271 Ala. 238 , 123 So.2d 120 .””
2 later decisions 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.