Eberly v. Eberly

How courts have described this case

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

• “A court has the inherent power to assess attorney’s fees against counsel when that lawyer has acted in bad faith or wilfully abused the judicial process.” (citation omitted)
• “It is a principle of long standing that even the statutory jurisdiction of the Superior Court is ‘special, limited and summary,’ as to matters beyond its common law powers.” (quoting Stidham v. Brooks, 5 A.2d 522, 524 (Del. 1939)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Moakley v. Smallwood
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-02-28· cited 125×
• Sandlin v. Sandlin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-03-27· cited 122×
• In Re Fuqua Industries, Inc. Shareholder Litigation
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1999-12-02· cited 27×
• Ramon v. Ramon
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-12-23· cited 22×
• Van Eps v. Johnston
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-08-26· cited 20×
• In Re the Marriage of Soden
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1992-05-22· cited 18×
• Yost v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-04-12· cited 13×
• Petition of B & F Towing and Salvage Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-12-13· cited 12×
• Bader v. Fisher
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-02-13· cited 12×
• Nielson v. Thompson
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 11×
• Cottone v. Cottone
  Delaware Family Court· 1988-05-02· cited 10×
• Olsen v. Olsen
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2011-02-23· cited 8×
• Jewett City Savings Bank v. Town of Franklin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-10-10· cited 8×
• Douglas v. Thrasher
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-02-06· cited 7×
• Burak v. Burak
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-07· cited 5×
• Davis v. Davis
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2015-05-22· cited 2×
• Dwight Carroll Sandlin v. Nancy R. Sandlin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-11-30
• Orbitz v. Abbott
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-10-24
• Carlton v.Zepski
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-02-07
• Lawson v. Brown's Home Day Care Ctr., Inc.
  Vermont Superior Court· 2003-01-29

Cites

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

• Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-23· cited 2,455×
• Levitt v. Bouvier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1972-01-04· cited 265×
• Wife (J. F. v. v. Husband (O. W. v. Jr.)
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-05-18· cited 170×
• Cantor v. Sachs
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 1932-06-14· cited 66×
• Frank G.W. v. Carol M.W.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-10· cited 44×
• Perrine v. Pennroad Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1946-05-10· cited 32×
• Bruce E.M. v. Dorothea A.M.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-01-11· cited 31×
• City of Wilmington v. General Teamsters Local Union 326
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1974-05-24· cited 28×
• In Re Markel
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1969-05-14· cited 27×
• Spoturno v. Woods
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1937-06-15· cited 27×
• Delaware State Bar Ass'n v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1978-04-19· cited 23×
• Unit, Inc. v. Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1973-03-02· cited 14×
• Husband T.N.S. v. Wife A.M.S.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-09-10· cited 13×
• Harris v. State
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1951-06-01· cited 12×
• E.E.C. v. E.J.C.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-01-25· cited 12×
• Stidham v. Brooks
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1939-03-31· cited 12×
• Joseph B.P. v. Kathleen M.P.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-11-21· cited 10×
• State v. Norris
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1950-04-21· cited 9×
• Ruggles v. Riggs
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-04-26· cited 8×
• Swacker v. Pennroad Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1947-11-24· cited 8×

Other cases named Eberly v. Eberly

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Eberly v. Eberly
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-04-07· cited 8×
• Eberly v. Eberly
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-03-25· cited 7×
• Eberly v. Eberly
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-05-28· cited 5×
• Eberly v. Eberly
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-04-22
• Eberly v. Eberly
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2026-06-15