Hamilton v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1673 · 28 U.S.C. § 1738B
Relies on Kokoszka v. Belford · Durfee v. Duke · Baker Thomas v. General Motors Corporation · Riley v. New York Trust Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Automotive Maintenance Machinery 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The withholding limits imposed by ... Section 1673(b), Title 15, U.S. Code do not impose limitations on a trial court's ability to order support in excess of those limits, but only restricts [sic] the trial court's ability to order wage withholdings beyond those limits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We agree with the Court of Appeals that the FCCPA limits the amount of a person's wages that may be assigned but does not limit the overall amount of support that a parent may owe.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The Act limits only the amount that a court can order from garnished wages. It does not limit the amount that a court can order for child support.”
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.