May v. May

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining personal goodwill is not itself subject to division, but “may affect property division and alimony”
• \The distinctions elevate form over substance and do not affect the ultimate outcome[.]\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Carr v. Hancock
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-12-03· cited 429×
• Clifford K. v. Paul S.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2005-08-08· cited 128×
• Walsh v. Walsh
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-10-02· cited 44×
• Watson v. Watson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 39×
• Stewart v. Stewart
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2007-01-26· cited 34×
• Miller v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-22· cited 30×
• Ray v. Ray
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-06-23· cited 25×
• Gaskill v. Robbins
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-02-19· cited 20×
• BAA, PLC v. Acacia Mutual Life Ins. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-07-27· cited 20×
• Hess v. Hess
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2007-07-05· cited 13×
• State of West Virginia v. Jason Paul Lambert
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-10-25· cited 11×
• Peterson v. Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2011-04-14· cited 10×
• Adkins v. Adkins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2007-11-08· cited 9×
• Wilson v. Wilson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-11-30· cited 9×
• Fernandez v. Fernandez
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2005-11-17· cited 8×
• Ahern v. Ahern
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2008-01-03· cited 8×
• Arneault v. Arneault
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2006-12-15· cited 7×
• State v. Waldron
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-01-19· cited 7×
• Helfer v. Helfer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-11-02· cited 3×
• John William Ernest Ward v. Erica Jill Ward
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-02-14· cited 3×

Cites

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

• Burton-Sutton Oil Co. v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1946-04-22· cited 453×
• In Re Marriage of Nichols
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1980-03-03· cited 364×
• Barnett v. Wolfolk
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1965-02-23· cited 204×
• Jay Myoung Yoon v. Sunsook Yoon
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-06-21· cited 133×
• In Re the Marriage of Hall
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-12-13· cited 121×
• Dugan v. Dugan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-02-28· cited 114×
• LaRue v. LaRue
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-05-27· cited 103×
• Taylor v. Taylor
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1986-05-16· cited 101×
• Donahue v. Donahue
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-09-25· cited 100×
• Howell v. Howell
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-01-27· cited 93×
• Moffitt v. Moffitt
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-01-15· cited 86×
• Singley v. Singley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-10-17· cited 78×
• Mayhew v. Mayhew
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-07-14· cited 76×
• Hanson v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1987-10-13· cited 76×
• Eslami v. Eslami
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-05-21· cited 73×
• In Re Marriage of Foster
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-10-22· cited 70×
• Bettinger v. Bettinger
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-07-17· cited 66×
• Powell v. Powell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-06-11· cited 65×
• Wisner v. Wisner
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-03-19· cited 63×
• In re Watterworth
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-04-30· cited 62×