Mitchell v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding in a dissolution case that valuing goodwill is difficult, but courts have discretion to determine the value of goodwill based on the unique facts of each case
• “[I]t has been defined as ‘that asset, intangible in form, which is an element responsible for profits in a business.’” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Marriage of Gutierrez v. Gutierrez
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-09-15· cited 311×
• Marriage of Leathers v. Leathers
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-09-13· cited 63×
• Marriage of Gerow v. Covill
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-08-26· cited 61×
• Walsh v. Walsh
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-10-02· cited 44×
• Mocnik v. Mocnik
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1992-08-18· cited 40×
• Prahinski v. Prahinski
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-09-02· cited 40×
• State Ex Rel. Industrial Commission v. Wright
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2002-04-02· cited 36×
• Endres v. Endres
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1995-05-17· cited 33×
• Vortex v. denkewicz/engelhard
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2014-09-16· cited 29×
• In Re Marriage of Molloy
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-06-09· cited 28×
• Sorensen v. Sorensen
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-02-10· cited 23×
• Skrabak v. Skrabak
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-03-28· cited 23×
• Matter of Marriage of Brooks
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-06-28· cited 19×
• Marriage of Molloy v. Molloy
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1988-03-22· cited 16×
• In Re the Marriage of Keyser
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1991-10-24· cited 13×
• In Re the Marriage of Kells
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-01-31· cited 6×
• Schott v. Beussink
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1991-08-06· cited 1×
• McClendon v. McClendon
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2017-12-07
• In Re the Marriage of Duvall
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2025-06-19

Cites

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

• In Re Marriage of Fonstein
  California Supreme Court· 1976-08-19· cited 150×
• In Re Marriage of Lopez
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-03-26· cited 148×
• Holbrook v. Holbrook
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1981-06-04· cited 131×
• In Re the Marriage of Hall
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-12-13· cited 121×
• Dugan v. Dugan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-02-28· cited 114×
• Nail v. Nail
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-11-08· cited 101×
• In Re Marriage of Watts
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-08-21· cited 91×
• Johnson v. Johnson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1981-12-14· cited 90×
• Koelsch v. Koelsch
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-01-28· cited 88×
• In Re Marriage of Foster
  California Court of Appeal· 1974-10-22· cited 70×
• Hertz v. Hertz
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1983-01-11· cited 68×
• In Re the Marriage of Fleege
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-01-04· cited 67×
• Powell v. Powell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-06-11· cited 65×
• In Re Marriage of Lukens
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-12-06· cited 65×
• Cockrill v. Cockrill
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1979-10-02· cited 64×
• Wisner v. Wisner
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-03-19· cited 63×
• Jacob v. Miner
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1948-03-22· cited 63×
• Pyeatte v. Pyeatte
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-10-28· cited 53×
• Golden v. Golden
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-03-05· cited 47×
• Lockwood v. Lockwood
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1980-04-01· cited 43×