Thomas C. Shooltz v. Jane Hoffman Shooltz’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
60 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably 40 Va. App. 255 - Congdon v. Congdon (2003), 37 Va. App. 73 - Rollins v. Commonwealth (2001)
60 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 469
Relies on Koon v. United States · Spencer v. Commonwealth · Satcher v. Commonwealth · 10 Va. App. 728 - Srinivasan v. Srinivasan · 4 Va. App. 113 - Mitchell v. Mitchell
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e find that the trial court erred in concluding that Code § 20-107.3(A) barred it from reopening the hearing on the valuation of assets. The trial court’s error of law with respect to its discretion to reopen the hearing was itself an abuse of discretion. As the Supreme Court has recognized, a trial court “by definition abuses its discretion when it makes an error of law.” Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81, 100 , 116 S.Ct. 2035, 2047 , 135 L.Ed.2d 392 (1996). Accordingly, we reverse and remand the case for the trial court to consider the issue of reopening the hearing in light of the relevant factors which govern its exercise of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When a litigant claims that a particular scientific, technical or other specialized theory or technique is valid, there must be some basis for determining the validity of the proffered theory or technique.”). However, Kilby’s only objection at trial was an objection to Bober’s general qualifications as an expert. Specifically, Kilby stated,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.