Bechtel v. Bechtel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 28 state decisions

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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * As employed in statutory enactments, its meaning, as interpreted by the courts [the meaning of the word `resident'], varies as the legislative intent appears, and in harmony with the subject-matter, object, and purpose of the statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kowalke v. Lutheran Welfare Society · In Re Guardianship of Kowalke

2. ““* = whether a departure from an established domicile in this state and a residence in some other state results in the abandonment of the same as a legal residence depends upon the circumstances surrounding each particular case. If a change of residence be for temporary purposes, and with no intention of quitting the old home, no change of domicile takes place, at least as a matter of law. It is ordinarily a question of fact, depending, as already suggested, upon the purpose and intent of the change. Plaintiff’s residence in Massachusetts was compulsory, and with no intention of abandoning her residence in this state, and within the meaning and purpose of the statute under consideration she remained an ‘actual resident’ of Minnesota.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davidner v. Davidner

3. “in restricting the right of action to residents of the state, is to prevent nonresidents from coming into our courts with their grievances, and to compel them to resort for relief from matrimonial entanglements to the courts of the place of their abode.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marriage of Berc v. Berc