159 So. 2d 344 - Walker v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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. “"Where the unsupported testimony of a party having the burden of establishing a particular fact is contradicted by the testimony of the other party and the credibility of neither is attacked, in the absence of corroborating evidence or circumstances, it cannot be said that the party having the burden of proof has sustained that burden. Peters v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., La.App. 2d Cir., 1954, 72 So.2d 562 ; Winford v. Wilson, La.App. 2d Cir., 1952, 59 So.2d 498 ."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 296 So. 2d 470 - Johnson v. Johnson · 422 So. 2d 210 - Alphonso v. Alphonso

2. ““[Ajppeals from judgments of separation, divorce and annulment of marriage are specially provided for in LSA-C.C.P. Art. 3942. Any appeal timely perfected from a judgment of separation, suspends the execution of the judgment, whether it is called a suspensive or a devolutive appeal, under the express terms of LSA-C.C.P. Art. 3942.” [Emphasis added]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 So. 2d 459 - Faust v. Faust