Hefner v. Hefner’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1972
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Steger · 335 Ill. App. 637 - Watson v. Watson · Labanauskas v. Labanauskas · Mayer v. Mayer
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * There is no authority given the courts to require either party to a divorce action to pay his, or her, own attorney."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.