Bates v. Bates’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 639 So. 2d 921 - Ferguson v. Ferguson · 547 So. 2d 766 - Nichols v. Tedder · 355 So. 2d 667 - Richardson v. Riley · 566 So. 2d 704 - Martin v. Martin · 651 So. 2d 513 - Creekmore v. Creekmore
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the record shows an inability to pay and a disparity in relative financial positions of the parties, there is no error in awarding attorney's fees.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“The award of attorney's fees in divorce cases is left to the discretion of the chancellor, assuming he follows the appropriate standards.”
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.