91 Ohio App. 3d 570 - McCoy v. McCoy’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently August 2025 · most notably 147 Ohio App. 3d 513 - Anderson v. Anderson (2002), 125 Ohio App. 3d 572 - Chandler & Associates, Inc. v. America's Healthcare Alliance, Inc. (1997)
67 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 Blakemore v. Blakemore · Seasons Coal Co. v. City of Cleveland · Cherry v. Cherry · Myers v. Garson · Kunkle v. Kunkle
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An award of alimony may be made in the form of an allowance for reasonable attorney fees. Swanson v. Swanson (1976), 48 Ohio App.2d 85, 89 , 2 O.O.3d 65, 68 , 355 N.E.2d 894, 897 . Consideration must be given to the reasonableness of the fee award and to the criteria used in the granting of an alimony award. Id. at 90 , 2 O.O.3d at 68 , 355 N.E.2d at 898 . On appeal, the only questions for inquiry are whether the factual conclusions upon which the trial court based the exercise of its discretion were against the manifest weight of evidence, or whether there was an abuse of discretion. Id; Oatey v. Oatey (1992), 83 Ohio App.3d 251, 263 , 614 N.E.2d 1054, 1061 ; Birath v. Birath (1988), 53 Ohio App.3d 31, 39 , 558 N.E.2d 63, 71 .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(9) Any other factor that the court expressly finds to be relevant and equitable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(C)(1) In determining whether spousal support is appropriate and reasonable, and in determining the nature, amount, and terms of payment, and duration of spousal support, which is payable either in gross or in installments, the court shall consider all of the following factors: {¶ 63}”
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.