Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “appellant has the burden of providing this Court a complete record. Erhart v. Evans, 2001 WY 79, ¶ 18 , 30 P.3d 542, 547 (Wyo.2001); Wood v. Wood, 865 P.2d 616, 617 (Wyo.1993). Without a sufficient record, we must “ ‘ “accept the ‘trial court’s findings as being the only basis for deciding the issues which pertain to the evidence.’ ” ’ ” Smith v. Smith, 2003 WY 87, ¶ 11 , 72 P.3d 1158, 1161 (Wyo.2003) (quoting Williams v. Dietz, 999 P.2d 642, 645 (Wyo.2000) and Weiss v. Pedersen, 933 P.2d 495, 498 (Wyo.1997), abrogated on other grounds by White v. Allen, 2003 WY 39 , 65 P.3d 395 (Wyo.2003)). “In the absence of anything to refute them, we will sustain the trial court’s findings, and we assume that the evidence presented was sufficient to support those findings.” Willowbrook Ranch, Inc. v. Nugget Exploration, Inc., 896 P.2d 769, 771-72 (Wyo.1995). Where a proper record is not provided, an appeal may be dismissed or review may be limited to those issues not requiring inspection of the record. Stadtfeld v. Stadtfeld, 920 P.2d 662, 664 (Wyo.1996).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of George · Carroll v. Law

2. “' "accept the 'trial court's findings as being the only basis for deciding the issues which pertain to the evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Beeman v. Beeman · In Re Estate of George

3. “Smith v. Smith, 2003 WY 87, ¶ 11 , 72 P.3d 1158, 1161 (Wyo.2003) (quoting Williams v. Dietz, 999 P.2d 642, 645 (Wyo.2000) and Weiss v. Pedersen, 933 P.2d 495, 498 (Wyo.1997), abrogated on other grounds by White v. Allen, 2003 WY 39 , 65 P.3d 395 (Wyo.2003)).”

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