708 So. 2d 55 - Mizell v. Mizell’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably 732 So. 2d 876 - Kilpatrick v. Kilpatrick (1999), R.K. v. J.K. (2007)
63 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 639 So. 2d 921 - Ferguson v. Ferguson · 639 So. 2d 909 - Hemsley v. Hemsley · Culbreath v. Johnson · 563 So. 2d 594 - Bell v. Parker · 547 So. 2d 766 - Nichols v. Tedder
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n appellate court will not disturb the findings of a chancellor when supported by substantial evidence unless the chancellor abused his discretion, was manifestly wrong [or] clearly erroneous[,] or [applied] an erroneous legal standard[.]”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“Under the standard of review utilized to review a chancery court's findings of fact, particularly in the areas of divorce, alimony and child support, this Court will not overturn the court on appeal unless its findings were manifestly wrong.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is a defense to a contempt proceeding that the person was not guilty of willful or deliberate violations of a prior judgment or decree.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Gray v. Pearson · Rk v. Jk
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.