Hamilton v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 659 (§ 459 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on 149 Ohio St. 231 - Wachendorf v. Shaver · 48 Ohio App. 2d 85 - Swanson v. Swanson · 16 Ohio St. 2d 16 - Henry v. Central National Bank · Stewart v. Trumbull County Board of Elections · Blum v. Blum
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If any person required to pay child support under an order made under division (A) of this section * * * is found in contempt of court for failure to make support payments under the order, the court that makes the finding, in addition to any other penalty or remedy imposed, shall assess all court costs arising out of the contempt proceeding against the person and require the person to pay any reasonable attorney’s fees of any adverse party, as determined by the court, that arose in relation to the act of contempt and, on or after July 1, 1992...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re McLaughlin
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.