Smith v. Henley

How courts have described this case

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

• “[U]nder the canons of statutory construction, the plain meaning of a statute is controlling, absent any ambiguity.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Willie v. Amerada Hess Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-02-28· cited 13×
• Chaput v. Scafidi
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-06-14· cited 6×

Cites

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

• Majauskas v. Majauskas
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-04-03· cited 522×
• In Re the Marriage of Sullins
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-05-12· cited 334×
• In Re the Marriage of Hunt
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1995-12-18· cited 325×
• Cohen v. Cohen
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-09-16· cited 288×
• Hoyt v. Hoyt
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-08-29· cited 287×
• Banks v. International Rental & Leasing Corp.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-12-15· cited 162×
• In Re the Marriage of Greene
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-10-22· cited 127×
• In Re Marriage of Gillmore
  California Supreme Court· 1981-06-08· cited 113×
• Cross v. Cross
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-11-17· cited 106×
• Marriage of Taylor v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-02-04· cited 95×
• Bender v. Bender
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-12-18· cited 93×
• Braderman v. Braderman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 90×
• Webster v. Webster
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2006-06-16· cited 79×
• Marriage of Janssen v. Janssen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-04-01· cited 79×
• Laing v. Laing
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-08-21· cited 77×
• Ruggles v. Ruggles
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1993-08-16· cited 69×
• Woodward v. Woodward
  Utah Supreme Court· 1982-11-04· cited 68×
• Matter of Marriage of Richardson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1989-02-14· cited 66×
• Grode v. Grode
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-02-14· cited 64×
• Murrell v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-09-13· cited 64×