Seymour v. Seymour’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
August 1993
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Michelson v. Michelson · Michelson v. Michelson · Sloan v. Sloan · McClure v. McClure
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Some of the important factors to be considered in a determination of the amount of alimony to be awarded are the needs of the wife, her age, health and the means to support herself, the earning capacity and the future earnings of the husband, the duration of the marriage, and the amount of property owned by the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bilbao v. Bilbao
How this case has been treated — in progress
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