Carol J. v. William J.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2000
most recently cited
2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““One who purposefully minimizes his income, may have his duty to support based upon potential not just actual earnings. To afford respondent the relief of the Consumer Credit Protection Act would be to allow him to circumvent this legal obligation through his own acts.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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