Jacobsen v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We review the findings in support of a district[] [court’s] decision to modify a parenting plan under the clearly erroneous standard. Conclusions of law are reviewed for correctness, and we will only reverse a district court’s decision where an abuse of discretion has been clearly demonstrated. In other words, a district court’s decision “will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a mistake of law or a finding of fact not supported by substantial credible evidence that would amount to a clear abuse of discretion.” The test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial court acted arbitrarily without employment of conscientious judgment or exceeded the bounds of reason resulting in substantial injustice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parenting of Z.D.L.-B. v. Batey · Johnson v. Batey

2. “facts that have arisen since the prior plan or that were unknown to the court at the time of entry of the prior plan”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Bessette

3. “necessary to serve the best interest of the child”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Bessette