Hihn v. Hihn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The trial court has broad discretion to award attorney’s fees in a dissolution proceeding, and an award of attorney’s fees is presumed to be correct on appeal. We will only reverse an award of attorney’s fees upon a showing of abuse of discretion. To demonstrate an abuse of discretion, the complaining party must show the trial court’s decision was against the logic of the circumstances and so arbitrary and unreasonable as to shock one’s sense of justice.” Goins v. Goins, 224 S.W.3d 69, 72 (Mo.App. E.D.2007) (citing Abbott v. Perez, 140 S.W.3d 283, 296 (Mo.App. E.D.2004)).... An award of attorney’s fees will be affirmed on appeal unless unsupported by substantial evidence or against the weight of the evidence. In re Marriage of Crow, 103 S.W.3d 778, 783 (Mo. banc 2003) (citing Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. banc 1976)).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Andrews v. Andrews · Marriage of Bell v. Bell

2. “A party seeking attorney’s fees on appeal must show the extent of the necessary services to be rendered by counsel, and the expenses related thereto, so that the trial court may make an award based on evidence of such services and expenses. This also gives the appellate court evidence to examine, in connection with other relevant circumstances, in gauging the propriety of the trial court’s discretionary actions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Realty Resource, Inc. v. True Docugraphics, Inc.