Clark v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. The grandparents and great-grandparents of an unmarried minor child may be granted reasonable visitation rights to the child by the district court upon a finding that visitation would be in the best interests of the child and would not interfere with the parent-child relationship. 2. The court shall consider the amount of personal contact that has occurred between the grandparents or great-grandparents and the child and the child’s parents.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. R.F. v. M.M.

2. ““the court shall find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and direct the entry of the appropriate judgment ... It will be sufficient if the findings of fact and conclusions of law are stated orally and recorded in open court following the close of evidence or appear in an opinion or memorandum of decision filed by the court.””

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

3. “provide the appellate court with an understanding of the factual issues and the basis of the district court's decision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re RAS