827 So. 2d 642 - Knowles v. Knowles’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 2012
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 735 So. 2d 809 - Goodnight v. Goodnight · 778 So. 2d 70 - Hammack v. Hammack · Sharp v. St. Charles Gaming Co. · 794 So. 2d 912 - Brett v. Brett · 737 So. 2d 173 - Cooper v. Cooper
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court is vested with great discretion in making [spousal support] determinations, and its judgment will not be disturbed absent a manifest abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“based on the needs of that party and the ability of the other party to pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ardoin v. Ardoin
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.