Baker v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 53 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The statute, as appears, does not in terms prohibit the introduction of confessions; but only provides that the decree shall not be granted on them. In this respect it is only affirmatory of the well-established rule of the common and of the English ecclesiastical law, which has been recognized from the earliest period, both in England and the several states of the Union. The object of the rule is to prevent collusion between the parties. Without some limitation of this kind, it would be in the power of the parties to obtain a divorce in all cases. The public is interested in the marriage relation and the maintenance of its integrity; as it is the' foundation of the social system, and the law wisely requires proof of the facts alleged as the ground for its dissolution.””

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

2. “to the rules1 of-the-common law*in cases-of'-that naturey* for-statutes1 are not-presumed to make any alterations in the common law, further or other wise than”

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