Griffith v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably Badeaux v. Davis (1999), Bowers v. Bowers (2002)
32 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 Baxter v. Palmigiano · Glasscock v. Glasscock · Pavlinko v. Yale-New Haven Hospital · Franklin v. Franklin · Jo Ann Lyons v. Wilbur R. Johnson, Jo Ann Lyons v. F. J. Delarios, Jo Ann Lyons v. F. J. Delarios
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our case law and court rules make clear that when a contract or statute authorizes an award of attorney’s fees, the trial court must make specific findings of fact on the record for each of the required factors to be considered. Rule 26(a), SCRFC (“An order or judgment pursuant to an adjudication in a domestic relations case shall set forth the specific findings of fact and conclusions of law to support the court’s decision.”); Blumberg v. Nealco, Inc., 310 S.C. 492 , 427 S.E.2d 659 (1993) (attorney’s fees award pursuant to contract); Atkinson v. Atkinson, 279 S.C. 454 , 309 S.E.2d 14 (Ct.App.1983) (per curiam) (attorney’s fees award pursuant to divorce decree authorized by statute). Generally, if on appeal there is inadequate evidentiary support for each of the factors, the appellate court should reverse and remand so the trial court may make specific findings of fact. Blumberg v. Nealco, Inc., 310 S.C. 492 , 427 S.E.2d 659 (1993). However, when an order from the family court is issued in violation of Rule 26(a), SCRFC, the appellate court “may remand the matter to the trial court, or, where the record is sufficient, make its own findings of fact in accordance with the preponderance of the evidence.” Holcombe v. Hardee, 304 S.C. 522, 524 , 405 S.E.2d 821, 822 (1991).”
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.