Askew v. Askew’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Montgomery v. Montgomery (2000), 848 So. 2d 828 - Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. Gatlin (2003)
26 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 547 So. 2d 766 - Nichols v. Tedder · 451 So. 2d 219 - Stringfellow v. Stringfellow · 622 So. 2d 1226 - Crow v. Crow · Clarke v. Burkle · McGehee v. McGehee
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) fraud, misrepresentation or other misconduct of an adverse party; (2) accident or mistake; (3) newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Rule 59(b); (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated, or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application; (6) any other reason justifying relief from the judgment.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Additionally, the allegations and indicated evidence should be such as would convince a court that what is sought is not simply an opportunity to litigate that which is already settled.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] trial court judgment may be affirmed on grounds other than those relied upon by the trial court.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.