Boyd v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n argument should show how the principles of law and the facts of the case interact.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re HB · Kelly v. Kelly

2. “The trial court erred in [ identify the challenged ruling or action ], because [ state the legal reasons for the claim of reversible error ], in that [ explain why the legal reasons, in the context of the case, support the claim of reversible error ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re HB

3. “When confronted with a deficient point relied on, it is not proper for this court to speculate as to the point being raised and supporting legal justification because to do so would place the court in the role of an advocate for the appellant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Unifund CCR Partners v. Myers