Scott v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lueckenotte v. Lueckenotte · Vehlewald v. Vehlewald · In Re Marriage of Crow and Gilmore · Adams v. Adams · Tull v. Housing Auth. of City of Columbia
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the court from time to time after considering all relevant factors including the financial resources of both parties, the merits of the case and the actions of the parties during the pendency of the action, may order a party to pay a reasonable amount for the cost to the other party of maintaining or defending any proceeding pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 and for attorney’s fees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the complaining party must show that the award was clearly against the logic of the circumstances and so arbitrary and unreasonable as to shock one's sense of justice and indicate a lack of deliberation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is presumed to know the character of services rendered regarding duration, zeal and ability, and to know the value of them according to custom, place, and circumstance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.