372 Pa. Super. 251 - Shutter v. Reilly’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently April 2008 · most notably 2003 Pa. Super. 162 - Isralsky v. Isralsky (2003), 394 Pa. Super. 194 - Coffey v. Coffey (1990)
45 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 Melzer v. Witsberger · Conway v. Dana · Sutliff v. Sutliff · Costello v. LeNoir · 365 Pa. Super. 280 - DeWalt v. DeWalt
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In interpreting Melzer , the Superior Court has adhered to a middle course. We have recognized the validity of the Melzer formula but at the same time we have remained aware of the majorities' [sic] admonition that the formula should not be inflexibly applied. Therefore, we have required trial courts to calculate the Melzer formula but we have allowed them to adjust the resulting support obligation if deviation from the formula is warranted under the particular circumstances. Riess v. DeLuca, 353 Pa.Super. 622, 625 , 510 A.2d 1239, 1241 (1986); Reitmeyer v. Reitmeyer, 355 Pa.Super. 318, 324 , 513 A.2d 448, 452 (1986).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“... our standard of review is such that we will not overturn a child support order unless the court abused its discretion in fashioning the award, such abuse will be found where there is insufficient evidence to sustain the award or where the law is overridden or misapplied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Reasonable expenses are not limited to the bare necessities of life but extend to articles which are reasonably necessary for the proper and suitable maintenance of the child in view of his social station in life and in view of his parents station in life.”
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.