Barber v. Barber’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. “shall grant the petition for renewal unless the respondent proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent will not resume acts of domestic violence against the petitioner or the petitioner's children or family or household members when the order expires.”

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

2. “[p]hysical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury or assault, between family or household members....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Freeman v. Freeman

3. “[T]he continuing relationship of the parties, who still struggled over custody issues, presented ongoing opportunities for conflict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Freeman v. Freeman