Jackson v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 15 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All children of a woman who has been married, born within ten months after the dissolution of the marriage are presumed to be legitimate children of that marriage. A child born before wedlock becomes legitimate by the subsequent marriage of its parent.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Austin v. Austin · Asbill v. Ykema

2. ““ * * * It is now quite generally held that the presumption of legitima cy as is provided in section 1682, supra [10 O.S.1961 § 2], may be overcome by evidence of such facts and circumstances as ,are sufficient to prove to the satisfaction of those who are to decide the question that copulation did not take place between the husband and wife at any time when by such copulation the husband could, by the laws of nature, be the father of the child whose legitimacy is in question. “Excepting a difference in race or Color between the child and the husband of its mother, evidence satisfactorily showing any one of the following facts is sufficient to overcome the presumption of legitimacy: * * * (2) that he was entirely absent from his wife during the entire period within which the child must have been begotten * * ⅜ ””

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

3. ““ * * * On the other hand, it affirmatively appears that the husband and wife were together at least twice during the period of possible conception, if we are to take 280 days, the usually accepted normal period of gestation; 10 months as the maximum period as indicated by section 1682, supra, and a like number of days less than 10 months as the minimum period. The child'having been born April 17, 1932, taking the generally accepted normal period of gestation, she would have been conceived about July 8, 1931, and allowing a variation of not more than 20 days either way, the conception may have been any time be-tweeen June 28, and July 28, 1931, * * * !>”

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