McNally v. McNally’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently January 2014 · most notably Armstrong v. Armstrong (1993), 537 So. 2d 435 - Cheatham v. Cheatham (1988)
50 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 · Sands v. Sands · Ladner v. Ladner · 231 So. 2d 793 - Harrell v. Harrell · Clark v. Clark
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he chancery court's decision on alimony will not be disturbed on appeal unless it be found against the overwhelming weight of the evidence or manifestly in error.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“In the case of a claimed inadequacy or outright denial of alimony, we will interfere only where the decision is seen oppressive, unjust or grossly inadequate so as to evidence an abuse of discretion.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“(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 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 by the evidence.”
3 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.