Schwartz v. Jacob’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently December 2013 · most notably 2 Cal. 3d 513 - In Re Ricky H. (1970), Texas Construction Associates, Inc. v. Balli (1977)
42 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 Wagner v. Riske · Wicks v. Cox · Worden v. Worden · Fleck v. Baldwin · Roberts v. Roberts
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Under the circumstances of this case, we are of the view that attorney's fees allowed were necessaries furnished the children. Food and clothing are but a small part of the things necessary to properly rear children. Education, cultural development, religious and ethical training are equally as important, if not more so. The obtaining of means to furnish them is necessary. Too, the kind of home in which the children are reared and the persons with whom they daily associate are most important. Therefore, the matter of their custody is of utmost concern. For there to be a full development of matters bearing on these issues it is necessary to employ counsel to look after the children's interest. It does not suffice to suggest, as does appellant, that he was looking after their interest. He had a personal partisan interest also. The mother did too. Our adversary system is best suited to a development of the true facts and the adversary system envisions the right of representation by counsel."”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Noyes v. Jack · Perkins v. Freeman““Again, the matter of the amount of child support is a matter largely within the discretion of the trial court. A court is given continuing jurisdiction over support by Article 4639a, V.A.T.S. The ability of the father, upon whom the primary obligation to support rests, to pay, and the needs of the children, having in mind their station in life, are determinative of the amount.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brooks v. Brooks
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.