Scott v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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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.

1. ““* * * [W]e are aware of no equitable principle which can be invoked to restrain a party from selecting any domicile such party may choose. The fact that the creation of a bona fide domicile in another jurisdiction may be the basis for application of that jurisdiction’s marital and divorce laws does not thereby render such action fraudulent or inequitable.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 10 Ill. App. 3d 801 - Shady v. Shady