Perkins v. Perkins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “manifestly wrong, clearly erroneous, or an erroneous legal standard was applied.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 977 So. 2d 412 - In Re Marriage of De St. Germain · 924 So. 2d 584 - Lauro v. Lauro

2. “Separate maintenance is a court-created equitable relief based upon the marriage relationship and is a judicial command to [a spouse] ... to provide suitable maintenance of [the other spouse] until such time as they may be reconciled to each other.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 977 So. 2d 1257 - McIntosh v. McIntosh · 9 So. 3d 1200 - Gbw v. Erw

3. “[t]he record before us presents a very one-sided agreement, which on its face appears inequitable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Lowrey v. Lowrey · 977 So. 2d 412 - In Re Marriage of De St. Germain