Sterl v. Sterl’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘. . . No person shall he entitled to a divorce in pursuance of the provisions of this act, who has not resided in the State one whole year, next before filing his or her bill or petition, . . . ’ ” (Italics ours.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 Wash. 2d 856 - Hargreaves v. Hargreaves · Clutton v. Clutton

2. ““In this case the jurisdiction of the court is invoked by the appellee, he having, as he had a legal right to do, filed his bill against appellant, praying relief and summoning the appellant into the court. When she is thus brought in, and, having responded to the claims of the appellee by answering his bill of complaint, being as it were, then forced into the court, submits herself to its jurisdiction, and asks the court to .grant to her certain equitable rights, to which she claims to be entitled, then it is that the appellee challenges the jurisdiction of the court to grant to her any equitable rights, but continues to clamor for his. This position is unconscionable and indefensible upon the principles of equity. * * * ” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 149 F. Supp. 932 - Burgo v. Burgo · Newman v. Newman