Murphy v. Murphy

How courts have described this case

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

• “Although a prevailing litigant generally has no right to recover attorney fees, a court may award attorney fees for some kinds of tortious conduct, including a breach of a fiduciary duty.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Baker v. Manter
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-01-31· cited 28×
• Austin v. Austin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-04-07· cited 27×
• Glew v. Glew
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-07-21· cited 20×
• Blanchard v. Sawyer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-01-25· cited 20×
• Greenwood v. Greenwood
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-02-28· cited 17×
• Fitzgerald v. Gamester
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-06-22· cited 3×
• Chow v. Chow
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-10-21· cited 1×
• The Village at Ocean's End Condominium Association v. Southwest Harbor Properties LLC
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2025-08-26· cited 1×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cumberland v. Cumberland
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-06-06· cited 114×
• Bernhard v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1996-04-22· cited 80×
• Wardwell v. Wardwell
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-04-22· cited 29×
• Hosey v. Burgess
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-01-09· cited 28×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Proia
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-09-13· cited 24×
• MacDonald v. MacDonald
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-11-29· cited 23×
• Estate of Peter C.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-02-22· cited 10×
• Town of Freeport v. Ocean Farms of Maine, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-11-08· cited 9×