Morris v. Kridel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * [T]he trial judge may, in the exercise of his discretion, decide that there is no reason to depart from the status established by the order of the sister state. Accordingly, he may then order custody to continue in the party vested with the child's care by the foreign decree. In the event the judge decides not to enforce the foreign decree, or believes that additional evidence is warranted, he may receive such further testimony as is necessary to determine the issue of custody. A trial judge may not abdicate this function, however, by merely ordering the minor to be removed from this jurisdiction to another state for a determination of who should have custody."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peeno v. Peeno · 179 So. 2d 103 - Fox v. Fox

2. “"The judgment entered here was evidently entered on the theory that the court had the jurisdiction of the res which was the child but the court in the exercise of its discretion declined to fully exercise such jurisdiction because in the opinion of the court the ends of justice would be better served by leaving it to the California courts to pass on. * * * The trial court seemingly declined to exercise his lawful jurisdiction but in fact actually exercised it by ordering the infant taken from the father and delivered to the mother, with permission to take it to California. Assuming the court had the power, which we do not pass upon, there was an absence of direction to return to California." [Emphasis supplied].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 So. 2d 103 - Fox v. Fox