Morton v. Morton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that this Court must determine whether the overall property distribution is equitable rather than focusing on one asset
• “It is not the role of this Court to tweak a trial court’s distribution of property.”
• “A frivolous appeal is one that is ‘devoid of merit,’ or one in which there is little prospect that [an appeal] can ever succeed.” (quoting Industrial Dev. Bd. of the City of Tullahoma v. Hancock, 901 S.W.2d 382, 385 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995)

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Cited by

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

• Owens v. Owens
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-04-19· cited 251×
• Bobby Murray v. Dennis Miracle
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-09-23· cited 86×
• Bunch v. Bunch
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-06-30· cited 36×
• Lori Anne Yattoni-Prestwood v. John Stewart Prestwood
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-08-29· cited 17×
• Farnham v. Farnham
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2009-12-29· cited 12×
• Kathryn Nicole Brown v. Tyler Matthew Brown
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2018-10-25· cited 8×
• In Re NATHANIEL C.T., Jason J.T. and Emerald S.T.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-03-17· cited 7×
• In Re Hensley
  E.D. Tennessee· 2008-08-12· cited 6×
• McDonough v. McDonough
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2016-01-27· cited 6×
• Joseph J. Levitt, Jr. v. City of Oak Ridge
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-09-10· cited 3×
• Lisa Denise Church v. Shannon Wayne Brown
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2015-02-23· cited 1×
• Alexander A. Rogin v. Joelle L. Rogin
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-07-10
• Mulugeta Abebe v. Solomon Haile Birhane
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-10-29
• Jeffrey R. Cooper v. Phillip Glasser, Richard Glasser, David Glasser and Does 1-50
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-10-12
• Sevier County Bank v. Eileen M. Dimeco
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-06-26
• Linda Haun Scarbrough v. Gary Lynn Scarbrough
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-06-04
• Valerie Rochelle Evans Albertson v. Matthew Scott Albertson
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-09-26
• Rebecca Gribble Waddell v. Gregory C. Rustin
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-07-07
• Carol Denice Pettijohn v. Patrick Carl Pettijohn
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-02-28
• Roger Dale Raper v. Johanna Raper
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-02-02

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bogan v. Bogan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-11-08· cited 819×
• Southern Constructors, Inc. v. Loudon County Board of Education
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-10-26· cited 604×
• Cohen v. Cohen
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-09-16· cited 288×
• Seals v. England/Corsair Upholstery Manufacturing Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-01-11· cited 226×
• Barnhill v. Barnhill
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-07-17· cited 212×
• Combustion Engineering, Inc. v. Kennedy
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-02-27· cited 157×
• Ellis v. Ellis
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1988-04-11· cited 134×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-10-01· cited 120×
• King v. King
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-06-29· cited 106×
• Industrial Development Board of Tullahoma v. Hancock
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1995-02-15· cited 102×
• Lindsey v. Lindsey
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-08-27· cited 84×
• Collins v. Howmet Corp.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-06-08· cited 41×

Other cases named Morton v. Morton

47 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Morton v. Morton
  California Supreme Court· 1897-07-01· cited 25×
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-05-11· cited 17×
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-02-04· cited 16×
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-01-05· cited 15×
• Morton v. Morton
  New York Supreme Court· 1850-02-04· cited 13×
• Morton v. Morton
  New York Family Court· 1950-06-16· cited 12×
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1939-01-28· cited 12×
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1955-12-29· cited 7×
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1998-04-01· cited 7×
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-01-12· cited 7×
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-02-05· cited 7×
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-05-28· cited 5×
• Morton v. Morton
  D. Nebraska· 1997-10-30· cited 4×
• Morton v. Morton
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-11-16· cited 4×
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-04-09· cited 4×
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 1996-03-14· cited 4×
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1957-04-18· cited 3×
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-13· cited 3×
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1957-04-18· cited 3×
• Morton v. Morton
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1987-10-27· cited 2×
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-01-29· cited 2×
• Morton v. Morton
  New York Court of Chancery· 1835-05-12· cited 1×
• Morton v. Morton
  NYC Family Court· 1974-12-06· cited 1×
• Morton v. Morton
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1969-12-08· cited 1×
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-11-24
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-04-08
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1959-01-23
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1931-01-15
• Morton v. Morton
  New York Court of Appeals· 1966-02-17
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-23
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1965-12-13
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1967-11-27
• Morton v. Morton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1970-09-28
• Morton v. Morton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1849-10-15
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1985-07-01
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-05-28
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-03-17
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-08-28
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-10-15
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-02-01
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-11-26
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-10-08
• Morton v. Morton
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1852-12-15
• Morton v. Morton
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1993-12-10
• Morton v. Morton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-02-06
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-08
• Morton v. Morton
  Supreme Court· 1979-02-21