Drexel v. McCutcheon’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently December 2013 · most notably Roosth v. Roosth (1994), D.R. v. J.A.R. (1995)
23 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. Britton · Bond v. Otis Elevator Company · Roberts v. Roberts · Schwartz v. Jacob · Northern Texas Traction Co. v. Armour & Co.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the kind of home in which the children are reared and the persons with whom they daily associate are most important. Therefore, the matter of their custody is of utmost concern. For there to be a full development of matters hearing on these issues it is necessary to employ counsel to look after the children’s interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) In any proceeding under this subtitle, including but not limited to, Habeas corpus, enforcement and contempt proceedings, the court may award costs. Reasonable attorney’s fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order for fees in his own name.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Wolters v. White · Hanson v. Leckey“We hold that under such circumstances (a modification suit brought by non-custodial father), the parties-defendant, though not the formally named ones, were the children and the furnishing of counsel was the furnishing of necessaries to the minor children. The allowance of the fee is not to the divorced wife for services rendered her, but for services rendered by the attorneys, at the instance of the mother, to the children. ****** We are aware that recovery is to be had by the person furnishing the necessaries. In the posture of the pleading and judgment here we think recovery was had by the attorneys. The pleading for attorney’s fees showed it was for services rendered by the attorneys for the minors’ welfare. The attorneys were not formally named as parties to the suit but they were named as the parties rendering the services. Under such circumstances, the recovery is for the attorneys and they are bound by the judgment. They signed the pleadings. They participated in the trial. The judgment ordered payment of attorney’s fees to counsel by appellant. It is evident that the fee was for services in protecting the interest of the minors at the instance of the mother, and recovery was sought for the attorneys.”
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.