Brown v. Brown

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the Court generally applies the same principles in construing constitutional provisions as it does in construing statutory language
• stating that “the duty of parents to provide for the maintenance of their children, is a principle of natural law; an obligation laid on them not only by nature herself, but by their own proper act, in bringing them into the world”
• defining a “child” or “children” of specific individuals as “immediate offspring”
• defining a \child\ or \children\ of specific individuals as \immediate offspring\
• “the term debt does not include fines or penalties levied against one who has been adjudged in violation of the public law”
• the same rules that are applicable to construction of statutory language are employed in interpreting constitutional verbiage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Walter v. Gunter
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-01-09· cited 143×
• Davis v. Slater
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-11-15· cited 132×
• Hornbeck v. Somerset County Board of Education
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-04-05· cited 130×
• Rutherford v. Katzenberger
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-08-05· cited 92×
• Knill v. Knill
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-06-27· cited 88×
• Sites v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-09-12· cited 79×
• McAlear v. McAlear
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-01-19· cited 49×
• Bledsoe v. Bledsoe
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-08-09· cited 48×
• In Re Arnold M.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-02-08· cited 40×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-01-09· cited 39×
• Dewey v. Dewey
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1994-11-25· cited 37×
• Fish Market Nominee Corp. v. G.A.A. Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-12-16· cited 36×
• Goldberger v. Goldberger
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-05-28· cited 35×
• Briggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-11-10· cited 34×
• Ryder Truck Lines, Inc. v. Kennedy
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-08-26· cited 32×
• Messitte v. Colonial Mortgage Service Co. Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-03-11· cited 31×
• Wal Mart Stores, Inc. v. Holmes
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-10-25· cited 29×
• BD. OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY v. Spitz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-08-20· cited 26×
• Luppino v. Gray
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-09-13· cited 26×
• Warren v. Warren
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-12-08· cited 24×

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Roll and Scholl
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1973-01-17· cited 117×
• Harbor Island Marina v. BOARD OF CTY. COMMISSIONERS OF CALVERT CTY.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-11-07· cited 111×
• Mauzy v. Hornbeck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-05-03· cited 90×
• New Central Coal Co. v. George's Creek Coal & Iron Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1873-02-21· cited 68×
• McCabe v. McCabe
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-06-15· cited 38×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-02-15· cited 34×
• Giant of Maryland, Inc. v. State's Attorney
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-03-07· cited 31×
• Meisner v. United States
  W.D. Missouri· 1924-02-28· cited 31×
• Kadan v. Board of Supervisors of Elections
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-12-23· cited 30×
• McDaniel v. McDaniel
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-02-10· cited 30×
• Reed v. McKeldin
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-10-30· cited 30×
• Stone v. Stidham
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1964-07-01· cited 28×
• Speckler v. Speckler
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-02-05· cited 25×
• Corley v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-10-13· cited 24×
• Application of Martin
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1955-02-08· cited 22×
• Von Der Horst v. Von Der Horst
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1898-06-28· cited 15×
• Harrington v. Harrington
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1958-10-10· cited 11×
• Harrison v. Harrison
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1965-10-04· cited 11×
• Falzo v. Falzo
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1964-06-29· cited 8×
• State v. Nicholson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1887-03-15· cited 8×