142 Md. App. 569 - Schroeder v. Broadfoot’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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “lead to custody races to the courthouse and to parents refraining from agreeing upon custody, so as not to lose an advantage [in naming the child].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Change of Name for A.C.S. · In Re ACS

2. “because, maternity being established by nature, custody of an infant almost always is with his mother”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Change of Name for A.C.S. · In Re ACS

3. “Married women shall have power to engage in any business, and to contract whether engaged in business or not, and to sue upon their contracts, and also to sue for the recovery, security or protection of their property, and for torts committed against them, as fully as if they were unmarried. Contracts may also be made with them, and they may also be sued separately under their contracts, whether made before or during marriage, and for wrongs independent of contract committed by them before or during their marriage, as fully as if they were unmarried, and upon judgments recovered against them, execution may be issued as if they were unmarried; nor shall any husband be liable upon any contract made by his wife in her own name and upon her own responsibility, nor for any tort committed separately by her out of his presence, without his participation or sanction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Bell-Breslin