Emerson v. Emerson’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
December 1962
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Searle v. Searle · Averch v. Averch
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In such matters as custody of small children much must be left to the discretion of the trial judge. Here he saw the children and the parties, and his personal appraisal of them is something which cannot be disclosed by the record. We do not believe that the modification of the order was arbitrary or an abuse of discretion.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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