Fink v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
145 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 616 So. 2d 1234 - Everything on Wheels Subaru, Inc. v. Subaru South, Inc. · 640 So. 2d 237 - City of New Orleans v. Board of Com'rs · La. Paddlewheels v. La. Riverboat Gaming · 346 So. 2d 193 - Haskins v. Clary · 739 So. 2d 762 - Stogner v. Stogner
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Simply stated, a petition should not be dismissed for failure to state a cause of action unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of any claim which would entitle him to relief.”
29 later decisions quote this exact passage“requires the trial judge to determine that a party's disobedience of the court's support order constitutes the parent's willful or deliberate refusal to perform an act which was within the power of the parent to perform.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[RJetroactivity is intrinsic to the concept of child support under Louisiana’s civilian tradition. ,,, Louisiana law abhors a gap in the support of one in need. Retro-activity in this context is not in the nature of a penalty, but merely a judicial recognition of pre-existing entitlement.”
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.