Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 1995
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Marriage of Trapani v. Trapani · R____ v. R____ · M. v. M. · C.J.(S.)R. v. G.D.S. · Ozark Production Credit Ass'n v. Walden
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“almost excessive per se; however, the record shows father brought on much of the fees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mfm v. Jom
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.