Heller v. Heller’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably Routledge v. Routledge (1985), Bertsch v. Bertsch (2006)
46 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 Fischer v. Fischer · Ruff v. Ruff · 121 Wis. 2d 632 - Midwest Developers v. Goma Corp. · Nastrom v. Nastrom · Porter v. Porter
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In deciding whether to award attorney fees in a divorce action, the trial court must balance one [party’s] needs against the other [party’s] ability to pay. The court should consider the property owned by each party, their relative incomes, whether property is liquid or fixed assets, and whether the action of either party unreasonably increased the time spent on the case. An award of attorney fees requires specific findings supported by evidence of the parties’ financial conditions and needs.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““We are not sure therefore whether ... [the trial court] considered all applicable criteria. The significant disparity in the parties’ incomes and the modesty of their marital estate indicates a likelihood that it did hot. Therefore, we reverse and remand for a determination of whether or not to award attorney’s fees in accordance with the criteria set out in Jon-dahl.” Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hedin v. Hedin““Although this Court and the trial court have concurrent jurisdiction to award attorney’s fees on appeal, we believe that the trial court is in the better position to rule on a motion for attorney’s fees on appeal.” Heller v. Heller, 367 N.W.2d 179, 185 (N.D.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.