Bruce v. Bruce

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• post-judgment fees authorized in divorce action based upon established precedent and financial need of spouse
• when ambiguous, a court should disregard the label or title of a pleading or motion and look to its content
• “Rule 59(e) motions go to the heart of the matter to those issues predicate to a decision on the merits.”
• Rule 59 motions stay the running of the thirty day time period for appeal purposes and for the enforceability of the judgments
• premature notice of appeal of no effect
• “[W]here a motion calls into question the correctness of all or any part of a judgment, . . . and where the motion is filed within the time allowed by Rule 59, we will presume that the motion has been filed under Rule 59 without regard to how it may be styled.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

65 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kirk v. Pope
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-12-06· cited 67×
• Morreale v. Morreale
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 66×
• Carter v. Carter
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-03-23· cited 53×
• Michael v. Michael
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-01-12· cited 51×
• Derouen v. Murray
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-07-08· cited 47×
• Woods v. Victory Marketing, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-01-15· cited 42×
• Thompson v. City of Vicksburg
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-04-11· cited 38×
• January v. Barnes
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 32×
• Fulton v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-10-11· cited 32×
• Medical Assur. Co. of Mississippi v. Myers
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-05-17· cited 28×
• City of Jackson v. JACKSON OAKS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-08-23· cited 27×
• Tinnon v. Martin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 21×
• Stinson v. Stinson
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-04-20· cited 17×
• Scally v. Scally
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-12-18· cited 15×
• Sweet Valley Missionary Baptist Church v. Alfa Insurance Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-10-31· cited 11×
• Roberts v. Grafe Auto Co., Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-21· cited 10×
• Pratt v. Sessums
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-05-22· cited 10×
• Cruse v. Nunley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-18· cited 9×
• Edwards v. Roberts
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-11-07· cited 9×
• RN Turnbow Oil Investments v. McIntosh
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-03-18· cited 9×

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 3,383×
• Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-11-29· cited 2,910×
• White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security
  Supreme Court· 1982-04-19· cited 1,321×
• Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-21· cited 775×
• Stringfellow v. Stringfellow
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 168×
• Buchanan v. Stanships, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-21· cited 166×
• Guaranty Nat. Ins. Co. v. Pittman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-01-14· cited 138×
• Stanton & Associates v. Bryant Const. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 109×
• Bryant, Inc. v. Walters
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-13· cited 101×
• Aurelio Echevarria-Gonzalez v. Antonio Gonzalez-Chapel, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1988-06-10· cited 87×
• Bourn v. Tomlinson Interest, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-09-05· cited 73×
• Smith v. HC Bailey Companies
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-02· cited 66×
• Ex Parte Andrews
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-07-10· cited 59×
• Accredited Sur. & Cas. Co. v. Bolles
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-11-30· cited 55×
• Tandy Electronics, Inc. v. Fletcher
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-11-29· cited 43×
• Yvonne Dalton v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, a National Banking Association
  First Circuit· 1988-12-23· cited 40×
• King v. King
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-01-31· cited 39×
• Cannon v. Cannon
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-05· cited 29×
• Williams v. Mason
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-07· cited 26×
• United States Fire Insurance Co. v. Schnabel
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1972-12-18· cited 19×