McCarrell v. McCarrell’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Armstrong v. Armstrong · 418 So. 2d 764 - McKee v. McKee · 566 So. 2d 704 - Martin v. Martin · R.K. v. J.K. · 731 So. 2d 1152 - Voda v. Voda
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There have been a number of prior decisions upholding the award of attorney’s fees to one party where the other party has been found to be in contempt of court or where that party’s actions caused additional legal fees to be incurred. See A & L, Inc. v. Grantham, 747 So.2d 832, 844-45 [ (¶ 60) ] (Miss.1999) (holding that awarding attorney’s fees under certain circumstances, regardless of the party’s ability to pay, is not a reward, but reimbursement for the extra legal costs incurred as a result of the opposing party’s actions); Douglas v. Douglas, 766 So.2d 68 , [72 (¶ 14) ] (Miss.Ct.App.2000) (where a party who is entitled to the benefits of a previous judicial decree is forced to initiate further proceedings to gain compliance with the previous order of the court, an award of attorney’s fees is appropriate).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rogers v. Rogers“serves the purpose of helping [the spouse] become self-supporting and prevents [him] from becoming destitute while doing so.”
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.