2010 UT App 139 - Connell v. Connell’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
43
cited by 43 later decisions
1
states following
November 2025
most recently cited
42 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pratt v. Nelson · Acton v. Deliran · 2008 UT App 11 - Stonehocker v. Stonehocker · Hall v. Hall · Bilanzich v. Lonetti
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“serve no equalizing function but allow the moving party to collect fees unnecessarily incurred due to the other party's recalcitrance.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Gore v. Grant · Summer v. Summer“substantially prevailed upon the claim or defense.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“must be based on the usual factors of need, ability to pay, and reasonableness.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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