Sullivan v. Levin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he court from time to time after considering the financial resources of both parties may order a party to pay a reasonable amount for the cost to the other party of maintaining or defending [the] proceeding ... and for attorney’s fees, including sums for legal services rendered and costs incurred prior to the commencement of the proceeding or after entry of judgment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Neidlinger v. Neidlinger · Rumpel v. Rumpel

2. ““It is readily apparent that the authority of the court to order the payment of an attorney’s fee in a divorce action does not exist for the protection of the attorney, but is strictly for the benefit of the client. [[Image here]] “We reiterate, the right to have a fee assessed against the other party belongs exclusively to the client. It is not a choice that may be exercised by counsel himself.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hale v. Hale

3. “[i]n other words, the allowance is authorized by the statute [ KRS 403.220 ] only when it is supported by an imbalance in the financial resources of the respective parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. McGill