Whallon v. Lynn’s Empirical Analysis
356 F.3d 138 · 2004
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 11607
Relies on Richard Charles Whallon Jr v. Diana Lynn · Rydder v. Rydder · Larch v. Mansfield Municipal Electric Department · 938 F. Supp. 737 - Berendsen v. Nichols
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny court ordering the return of a child pursuant to an action brought under section 11603 of this title shall order the respondent to pay necessary expenses incurred by or on behalf of the petitioner, including court costs, legal fees, foster homes or other care during the course of the proceedings in the action, and transportation costs related to the return of the child, unless the respondent establishes that such order would be clearly inappropriate.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ozaltin v. Ozaltin · West v. Dobrev“The district court has the duty, under 42 U.S.C. § 11607 (b)(3), to order the payment of necessary expenses and legal fees, subject to a broad caveat denoted by the words, “clearly inappropriate.” ... We ... read the statute as giving the district court broad discretion in its effort to comply with the Hague Convention consistently with our own laws and standards.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ozaltin v. Ozaltin
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.