Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
January 1986
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. Brown · Machado v. Machado · Lee v. Lee · Mincey v. Mincey · Odom v. Odom
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the nature, extent and difficulty of the services rendered; the time necessarily devoted to the case; the professional standing of counsel; the contingency of compensation, and the beneficial results accomplished.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Darden v. Witham“the pertinent principles of applicable law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gibson v. Gibson
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.