Gibb v. Sepe’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jorgenson v. Ratajczak · Bakes v. Bakes · Toni v. Toni · Meyer v. Meyer · First Trust Co. of North Dakota v. Conway
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under N.D.C.C. § 14-05-23, a district court has discretion to award attorney fees in divorce proceedings, including proceedings on motions to modify spousal support. An award of attorney fees under N.D.C.C. § 14-05-23 lies within the sound discretion of the district court and will not be set aside on appeal absent an abuse of discretion. A district court abuses its discretion if it misinterprets or misapplies the law. In deciding whether to award attorney fees under N.D.C.C. § 14-05-23, the court must balance the parties’ financial needs and ability to pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rothberg v. Rothberg
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.