Sutter v. Sutter’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
October 2017
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mettler v. Mettler · 525 So. 2d 935 - Meloan v. Coverdale · 537 So. 2d 1088 - Thornton v. Byrnes · 565 So. 2d 366 - Steinfeld v. Steinfeld · 550 So. 2d 554 - Landers v. Landers
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e are compelled to the conclusion that notwithstanding the former wife's responsibility for the payment of attorney's fees because of litigiousness, the amount of attorney's fees thus awarded was disproportionate to her ability to pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“diminished financial status as a shield.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.