McLane v. McLane’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2016
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 309th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Packer · Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Worford v. Stamper · Lenz v. Lenz · Holley v. Holley
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the actual income of the obligor is significantly less than what the obligor could earn because of intentional unemployment or underemployment, the court may apply the support guidelines to the earning potential of the obligor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Iliff v. Iliff
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.