Laster v. Laster’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1977
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tobin v. Tobin · Johnson v. Johnson · Van Horn v. Van Horn · Dobry v. Dobry · McElreath v. McElreath
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The trial court, under 12 O.S.1961 § 1276, may allow the wife a reasonable attorney’s fee ‘considering the respective parties and the means and property of each.’ What constitutes a reasonable fee is largely in the discretion of the trial court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McCoy v. McCoy
How this case has been treated — in progress
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