12 Md. App. 402 - Mullinix v. Mullinix’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
2
states following
October 1996
most recently cited
29 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hild v. Hild · Lopez v. Lopez · Adams, Nelson, and Timanus v. State · Blum v. State · Forrester v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In determining the amount of the counsel fee to be paid by the husband to the wife’s solicitor, the court should take into consideration the financial circumstances of the parties, and determine the amount in accordance with the wife’s necessities and the husband’s financial ability, and allow an amount that will afford the wife an efficient presentation of her side of the controversy. As in the case of alimony, the amount of the award is within the discretion of the chancellor and, while his discretion is subject to review by the Court of Appeals, the award should not be disturbed unless his discretion was exercised arbitrarily or his judgment was clearly wrong. Bennett v. Bennett, 197 Md. 408, 416 ; 79 A. 2d 513 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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