Berndt v. Berndt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under the provisions of G. S. 1949, 60-1511, when a husband is granted a divorce by reason of the fault or aggression of the wife, the division of property to be made between the parties, irrespective whether such property has been jointly acquired or is the separate property of the husband, is a matter which rests in the sound judicial discretion of the trial court. “A division of property made by the trial court in a divorce action will not be disturbed unless it is clearly shown that there was an abuse of discretion.” (Syl. ¶|1, 2.)”

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