Hewson v. Hewson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The equitable offset remedy under Rueckert should not be understood to supersede a child’s right to support. By its nature, the Rueckert remedy is only to be applied when it is “the most equitable means of granting the parties the benefit of their property settlement agreement, while at the same time recognizing the important public policy of placing on both parents responsibility for the adequate support and maintenance of their minor children.””

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