Malone v. Malone’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2010
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 439 So. 2d 137 - Peebles v. Miley · Smoot v. Ryan · 370 So. 2d 968 - English v. Miller
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the general rule recognized by a majority of jurisdictions that parents, as next friends, are authorized to contract for payment of a reasonable fee for legal services rendered on behalf of their minor children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex Parte Peck
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.