Pressnell v. Pressnell’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hager v. Hager · Pody v. Pody (In Re Pody) · 55 Ala. App. 156 - Hardwick v. Hardwick · 454 So. 2d 1026 - Andrews v. Andrews
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Alimony in gross is intended to compensate a wife for the inchoate marital rights and right to future support which she loses by virtue of the divorce, as well as substitute for a property settlement where liquidation of the marital property is not practical.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Laminack v. Laminack“a property settlement award, compensating the wife only for the loss of her rights in her husband's estate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Laminack v. Laminack“it was unequivocally designated as such; it mandated the payment of a sum certain at a definite time”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Laminack v. Laminack
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.