137 Ind. App. 6 - Profitt v. Profitt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellee contends that the controlling law in Indiana is such that when the parents of illegitimate children marry, the children become for all purposes legitimate. We agree with this statement of the law, but we fail to see a connection between appellee’s authorities and the case at bar.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. A.- B. v. C.- D. · 150 Ind. App. 535 - A----. B v. C----. D

2. “that two children born in 1957, and 1958, respectively, during the existence of a prior valid marriage, were born as a result of a marriage not entered into until September 26, 1959.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 Ind. App. 535 - A----. B v. C----. D

3. “The court in decreeing a divorce shall make provision for the guardianship, custody, support, and education of the minor children of such marriage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. R. D. S. v. S. L. S.