Lee v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Montanans for Justice: Vote No on CI-98 Not in Montana: Citizens Against CI-97 & Property Owners Against I-154 v. State Ex Rel. McGrath (2006), Murphy Homes, Inc. v. Muller (2007)
57 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 28 U.S.C. § 1334
Relies on In Re Marriage of Baer · In Re Marriage of Cowan · Buck v. Billings Montana Chevrolet, Inc. · State Ex Rel. Lay v. District Court, Fourth Judicial District · Tipp v. Skjelset
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Damages for appeal without merit. If the supreme court is satisfied from the record and the presentation of the appeal in a civil case that the same was taken without substantial or reasonable grounds, such damages may be assessed on determination thereof as under the circumstances are deemed proper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The judgment and orders of the court or judge made in cases of contempt are final and conclusive. There is no appeal, but the action of a district court or judge can be reviewed on a writ of certiorari by the supreme court or a judge thereof....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the 'family law' direct appeal exception established in our case law applies when, and only when, the judgment appealed from includes an ancillary order which effects the substantial rights of the involved parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marriage of Long
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.