589 So. 2d 133 - Cunningham v. Lanier’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently December 2013
1 federal appellate · 9 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 Short v. Columbus Rubber and Gasket Co. · Smith v. Sanders · 457 So. 2d 941 - Dennis v. Searle · East v. East · 557 So. 2d 793 - Bowe v. Bowe
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] decree awarding alimony should be construed as providing for periodic alimony ... unless the decree by clear and express language imports lump sum alimony, or alimony in gross.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“It is fundamental that alimony which “substitutes” as a division of property is lump sum rather than periodic alimony, which by contrast is associated with maintenance and support of the former spouse. Of course, periodic alimony terminates automatically upon the remarriage (or death) of the payee, whereas alimony in gross or lump sum alimony is a final settlement between husband and wife, unaffected by the remarriage (or death) of the payee spouse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we look to the substance of what has been provided, and not the label. We inquire not what the court entering the prior judgment meant but what the judgment means, the language employed our primary and ultimate reference. No technical or magical form of words is required as long as reasonable clarity is achieved. Specifically, the failure to use the words “lump sum” is not fatal.”
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.