342 Pa. Super. 17 - Dech v. Dech’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
41 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 310 Pa. Super. 23 - Remick v. Remick · 318 Pa. Super. 311 - Wolk v. Wolk · 317 Pa. Super. 497 - Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 316 Pa. Super. 282 - Ruth v. Ruth · 306 Pa. Super. 146 - Wilson v. Central Penn Industries, Inc.
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The determination to award counsel fees is made on a case-by-case basis after an analysis of all relevant factors including the “husband’s ability to pay, the separate estate of the wife, the character, situation and surroundings of the parties____ The statute contemplates ... the administration of fair and impartial justice by placing the parties on a par in defending their rights.” Jack v. Jack, 253 Pa.Super. 538, 545-46 , 385 A.2d 469, 473 (1978); Fried v. Fried, 326 Pa.Super. 271 , 473 A.2d 1087 (1984) [quashed for lack of jurisdiction, 509 Pa. 89 , 501 A.2d 211 (1985)].”
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.