Morgan v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In an appeal from a judgment granting to plaintiff a divorce and the custody of a child and a monthly allowance for its support, the record examined, and held: (1) There being no motion for a new trial filed in the district court, no mere trial errors are open to appellate review; (2) the pleadings and findings of tire trial court support the judgment entered in plaintiff’s behalf.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jeffers v. Jeffers

2. ““It lias been decided many times that in the absence of a motion for a new trial, mere trial errors are not open to appellate review. These include rulings of the trial court on . . . the admission or exclusion of evidence, the sufficiency of evidence, erroneous instructions to the jury . . . Our reports are laden with decisions supporting this rule.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Billups v. American Surety Co.

3. ““Where no motion for a new trial is filed, review on appeal is limited to the question whether the judgment is supported by the pleadings and findings of fact, and inquiry will not be made as to whether the evidence supports the findings of fact.” (Syl.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jelinek v. Jelinek