Davis v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Nickerson v. Nickerson (1992), Maughan v. Maughan (1989)
41 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 Jones v. Jones · Matter of Adoption of Halloway · Ashton v. Ashton · English v. English · Smith v. Smith
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Clonsiderable weight should be given to which parent has been the child's primary caregiver.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““In awarding alimony, appellate courts require the trial court to consider each of the following three factors: (1) the financial conditions and needs of the receiving spouse; (2) the ability of the receiving spouse to produce a sufficient income for him or herself; and (3) the ability of the responding spouse to provide support. If these three factors have been considered, we will not disturb the trial court’s alimony award unless such a serious inequity has resulted as to manifest a clear abuse of discretion. The ultimate test of an alimony award is whether the party receiving alimony will be able to support him or herself ‘as nearly as possible at the standard of living ... enjoyed during the marriage.' ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Howell v. Howell · Barnes v. Barnes“discretion is exercised within the confines of the legal standards we have set ... and the facts and reasons for the decision are set forth fully in appropriate findings and conclusions.”
2 later decisions 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.