17 Va. App. 562 - Decker v. Decker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This Court acquired jurisdiction when Ms. Decker’s appeal was filed and docketed in the clerk’s office of the Court of Appeals. Thus, while the trial court may enforce a support and custody order, it may not modify such order without leave of court. Only under compelling circumstances would this Court likely grant such leave.... Because no leave of court was sought, the trial court did not err in refusing to modify the award.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. MacK-manley v. Manley · 35 Va. App. 315 - Holden v. Holden

2. “The orderly administration of justice demands that when an appellate court acquires jurisdiction over the parties involved in litigation and the subject matter of their controversy, the jurisdiction of the trial court from which the appeal was taken must cease. We acquired jurisdiction over this matter when Ms. Greene’s petition for appeal was filed and docketed in the Clerk’s Office of this Court, and thereafter corrections and alterations could be made only with leave of this Court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 35 Va. App. 315 - Holden v. Holden