Hopp v. Hopp’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
129 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 129 later decisions — most recently September 2015 · most notably Minnesota State Bar Ass'n v. Divorce Assistance Ass'n (1976), McDaniel v. McDaniel (1970)
129 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
Relies on International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1291 v. Philadelphia Marine Trade Ass'n · Peterson v. Peterson · Zieman v. Zieman · Laff v. Laff · Clausen v. Clausen
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 129 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[make] a reasonable effort by means of his own selection to conform to [a support] order well within his inherent but unexercised capacities.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘Lack of ability to support one’s wife and dependent offspring must not be confused with lack of will to discharge such legal, moral and social obligation. Little sympathy can be had for a husband and father who willfully fails and refuses to support his family. The husband is not relieved of liability to comply with the court’s orders in that behalf merely because he has no property or because he is not gainfully employed. His ability to perform labor; his opportunity to find gainful employment; his disposition and will to earn money and contribute a reasonable amount to his family’s support, and his diligence in seeking employment that will yield, at the very least, sufficient wages to provide for himself and dependents the necessaries of life should also be considered.’ ” Id. 156 N.W.2d at 217-18 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Because of the limited and essential purpose of civil contempt proceedings, particularly in divorce cases where alimony and support are ordered, we must recognize here a measure of .authority and discretion in the trial judge far in excess of that which exists in criminal cases. In civil contempt, the function of the court is to make the rights of one individual as against another meaningful. When the duty is performed, the concern of the court is satisfied. If the duty is one specifically defined by a proper decree of the court, it must be free to compel performance by methods which are speedy, efficient, and sufficiently flexible to meet the problem at hand. Particularly in support cases, the proper discharge of the judge’s responsibilities should not be frustrated by delay and formalism.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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