Pickston v. Dougherty’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “prime object of the corroboration doctrine is to prevent collusion and to forestall any attempt which might otherwise be made to destroy the marital relationship falsely.”

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

2. ““No decree for annulment of marriage may be granted upon the mere uncorroborated testimony of one of the parties to the action.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 214 So. 2d 48 - Williams v. Williams