Townsend v. Townsend’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 753 So. 2d 1057 - McNeil v. Hester · East v. East · West Virginia Oil & Gas Co. v. George E. Breece Lumber Co. · 691 So. 2d 897 - Holloman v. Holloman · 714 So. 2d 962 - Briney v. US Fidelity & Guar. Co.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any other reason justifying relief from judgment,”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Clerical Mistakes . Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders, or other parts of the record and errors therein arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time on its own initiative or on the motion of any party and after such notice, if any, as the court orders up until the time the record is transmitted by the clerk of the trial court to the appellate court and the action remains pending therein. Thereafter, such mistakes may be so corrected only with leave of the appellate court.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[An appellate court] will not disturb a chancellor's judgment . . . unless the chancellor abused his discretion, was manifestly wrong, clearly erroneous, or an erroneous legal standard was applied.”
3 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.