538 So. 2d 21 - Cole v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 2002
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 485 So. 2d 1174 - Lutz v. Lutz · Kabaci v. Kabaci · Sayles v. Sayles · 471 So. 2d 426 - Golson v. Golson · 379 So. 2d 614 - Tidwell v. Tidwell
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““After an exhaustive search, we have been unable to find any authority for a court to treat an award of retirement benefits as either a property settlement or alimony in gross. In the absence of sound authority for so classifying such an award, we decide that such cannot be done by the courts of this state.””
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.