Pearson v. Pearson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a man whose paternity of the child is to be adjudicated,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reller v. Reller · R.P. v. K.S.W.

2. “he and the mother of the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. R.P. v. K.S.W. · R.P. v. K.S.W.

3. “I would abandon the Schoolcraft analysis and defer to the legislative scheme.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. R.P. v. K.S.W. · R.P. v. K.S.W.