696 So. 2d 1071 - Watson v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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

1. “"`[W]hether a party is in contempt of court is a determination committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and, absent an abuse of that discretion or unless the judgment of the trial court is unsupported by the evidence so as to be plainly and palpably wrong, [the appellate] court will affirm.' Stack v. Stack , 646 So.2d 51 , 56 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994)."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 851 So. 2d 541 - Woods v. Woods

2. “Rule 60(b) (6) is not to be used to `reliev[e] a party from the free, calculated, and deliberate choices he has made. A party remains under a duty to take legal steps to protect his own interest.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robinson v. Howell

3. “is not the act of significance that gives the judgment effect; the filing of that separate written judgment with the circuit clerk renders [the] judgment effective.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 903 So. 2d 828 - Rollins v. Rollins