LaRocca v. LaRocca’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “joint legal custody, sole legal custody, joint physical custody or sole physical custody or any combination thereof,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Noakes v. Noakes · State ex rel. Kansas Social & Rehabilitation Services v. R.L.P.

2. “We can render the judgment that the trial court should have rendered when the record and evidence give us confidence in the reasonableness, fairness, and accuracy of the conclusion reached.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and Sara E. Baker v. John R. Ashcroft · State v. Carroll

3. “give such judgment as the court ought to give”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carroll · McCoy v. Scavuzzo