Gormly v. Gormly’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Poirier v. Poirier · Stevenson v. Stevenson · Whited v. Whited
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nless it is shown that the trial justice either improperly exercised his or her discretion or that there was an abuse thereof * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he trial justice is vested with wide discretion to divide the marital property justly and fairly between the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.