Long v. Long’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The plaintiff in an action for divorce must have been an actual resident in good faith of the state for one year next preceding the filing of the petition, and a resident of the county in which the. action is brought at the time the petition is filed, unless the action is brought in the county where the defendant resides or may be summoned.””

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

2. ““Evidently the legislature undertook to introduce the personal element into the action for divorce by authorizing and encouraging the bringing of the action in a county of the state where the personal attendance of the defendant at the trial may be obtained.” (p. 334.) (Emphasis supplied.)”

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