Bailey v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably State v. Lindberg (2008), State v. Eiler (1988)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In Re the Marriage of Brown · Porter v. Porter · Eschenburg v. Eschenburg · Grenfell v. Grenfell · Voyta v. Clonts
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Traditionally, a showing of necessity- has been a condition precedent to the exercise of the court’s discretion to award attorney fees. Whitman v. Whitman (1974), 164 Mont. 124 , 519 P.2d 966 . But the lower court’s discretion in the matter will not be disturbed if substantial evidence is found in the record to support the award.’ Kaasa v. Kaasa (1979), [181] Mont. [18], 591 P.2d 1110, 1114 , 36 St.Rep. 425 , 430. “ ‘Here, the trial court was well aware of the parties’ financial situations. It did not abuse its discretion in making an award of reasonable attorney fees, based on necessity. Houtchens v. Houtchens (1979), 181 Mont. 70 , 592 P.2d 158 , 36 St.Rep. 501 , 505.’ Bailey v. Bailey (1979), [184] Mont. [418], 603 P.2d 259, 261 , 36 St.Rep. 2162 .””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.