49 Va. App. 192 - Rice v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 23 Va. App. 690 - O'Loughlin v. O'Loughlin · Boynton v. Kilgore · Mullen v. Mullen · 7 Va. App. 614 - Com., Dept. of Social Services v. Johnson · Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Board of County Supervisors
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The rationale for the appellate court being the proper forum to determine the propriety of an award of attorney’s fees for efforts expended on appeal is clear. The appellate court has the opportunity to view the record in its entirety and determine whether the appeal is frivolous or whether other reasons exist for requiring additional payment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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