Kack v. Kack’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where a party in a divorce action fails or refuses to comply with the order or decree of the trial court regarding support payments for minor children, without a showing that such failure to comply with the order or decree was justified and was not a deliberate refusal to comply therewith, such party may not invoke the favor of the court to procure modification of the payments required by such order or decree which he has refused or failed to obey.” [Emphasis added.]”

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

2. “"He did more than approve and confirm the property settlement of the parties; he specifically ordered the defendant to pay $500 every month as alimony to the plaintiff. The obligation in the decree providing for alimony was an award by the trial court for the payment of alimony and, as such, these payments are subject to modification under the provisions of Section 14-05-24, North Dakota Century Code." 169 N.W.2d at 114 .”

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

3. ““The decisions in Bryant and Olson, supra, held that a party to a divorce proceeding who has failed to comply with the terms of the decree may not invoke the favor of the court to secure a modification in the absence of a showing that he is unable to comply with the terms of the decree.””

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