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570 So. 2d 1347 - Eckroade v. Eckroade’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
May 2002
most recently cited

19 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 506 So. 2d 1039 - In re Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon 6C(1) · 482 So. 2d 346 - Wade v. State · 472 So. 2d 1177 - CU Associates, Inc. v. RB Grove, Inc. · 491 So. 2d 1124 - Noah v. Noah · 92 So. 2d 423 - Condrey v. Condrey

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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[T]he starting point for equitable distribution is an award of half [the marital assets] to each party; only upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances will an unequal division of assets be appropriate.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “valuations of property must be consistent with the evidence.”
    1 later decision 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.