Curry v. Curry’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The changed conditions disclosed by the evidence are that since her divorce plaintiff had been working in a shoe shop about three days a week and earning on an average about $25 a month, which it will be noted is the amount of the alimony reduction. * * * * * * “The effect of the trial court’s ruling is to not only deprive plaintiff of a part of her alimony, but also to discourage her from making any attempt to regain her position as a useful member of society. We think this wrong in principle, and her attitude and willingness to work to help the boy, without concurrently depriving him of a mother’s love and care, should be encouraged.” 79 P.2d at 653 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Norton v. Norton