C.D.U. v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 519 So. 2d 540 - Dept. of Human Resources v. Middleton
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.
“When evidence is presented ore tenus, the court's decision must be given every reasonable presumption and we will not overturn its finding 'if it was supported by credible evidence unless it was palpably wrong.' Department of Human Resources v. Middleton , 519 So.2d 540 (Ala. Civ. App. 1987).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. D.B. v. State · T.D.F. v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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