Canakaris v. Canakaris

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that spouses should be treated as partners when considering the equitable distribution of the marital assets upon divorce
• holding that lump sum alimony may be awarded “for the purpose of achieving equitable distribution”
• holding that a court abuses its discretion only when it adopts a position that no reasonable person would take
• stating that an abuse of discretion is demonstrated when no reasonable person could come to the same conclusion as did the trier of fact
• holding reversal and remand to be appropriate where JCC applied incorrect standard to permanent total disability claim
• recognizing the “superior vantage point of the trial judge” in weighing facts and performing provisions and construe related statutory provisions in harmony with one another.’”

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Cited by

2,177 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ferguson v. Ferguson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 745×
• Kunkle v. Kunkle
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-05-09· cited 595×
• Albritton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-29· cited 397×
• Rosen v. Rosen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-04-24· cited 318×
• Mercer v. Raine
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-07-28· cited 263×
• Murphy v. International Robotic Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-08-17· cited 195×
• Diffenderfer v. Diffenderfer
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-06-26· cited 179×
• Joan Hassan, Dinesh Hassan v. United States Postal Service
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-04-11· cited 178×
• McDuffie v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-21· cited 161×
• Commonwealth Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Tubero
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-11-15· cited 159×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-03-15· cited 151×
• Baptist Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-04-24· cited 131×
• Huff v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-10-11· cited 125×
• N.S.H. v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-04-03· cited 125×
• Salazar v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-10· cited 109×
• State v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-05· cited 108×
• Perlow v. Berg-Perlow
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-03-25· cited 105×
• Ham v. Dunmire
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-23· cited 105×
• LaRue v. LaRue
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-05-27· cited 103×
• Kuvin v. Kuvin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-12-08· cited 100×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Delno v. Market St. Ry. Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1942-01-15· cited 190×
• Duncan v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-01-31· cited 161×
• Ball v. Ball
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-06-30· cited 157×
• Firestone v. Firestone
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1972-04-12· cited 97×
• Cummings v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-03-31· cited 83×
• Brown v. Brown
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-09-10· cited 75×
• Cann v. Cann
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-06-30· cited 61×
• Reback v. Reback
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-05-07· cited 53×
• Chastain v. Chastain
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1954-05-25· cited 52×
• Mertz v. Mertz
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-09-28· cited 36×
• Calligarich v. Calligarich
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-12-15· cited 30×
• Eakin v. Eakin
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1958-01-24· cited 29×
• McDonald v. McDonald
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-03-08· cited 25×
• In Re Estate of Freeland
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1965-10-13· cited 19×
• Patterson v. Patterson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-06-06· cited 15×
• First National Bank of St. Petersburg v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-09-28· cited 13×
• Hyatt v. Hyatt
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-06-10· cited 12×
• Langston v. Langston
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-02-08· cited 8×
• Vandervoort v. Vandervoort
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-09-03· cited 7×
• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-03-17· cited 6×

Other cases named Canakaris v. Canakaris

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-03-17· cited 6×
• Canakaris v. Canakaris
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-01-30