Kosobud v. Kosobud’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he respective ages of the parties, their earning ability, the duration of the marriage and conduct of the parties during the marriage, their station in life, the circumstances and necessities of each, their health and physical condition, their financial circumstances as shown by the property owned at the time, its value at the time, its income-producing capacity, if any, whether accumulated before or after the marriage, and such other matters as may be material.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allmon v. Allmon · Rebel v. Rebel

2. “A district court also has inherent authority to sanction a litigant for miscon duct-. Sanctions must be reasonably -proportionate to the misconduct. When sanctioning. a party for misconduct, a district court should consider and make findings on the culpability or state of mind of the party against whom sanctions are being imposed, the prejudice to the moving party, the impact of the prejudice on the moving party’s ability to present or defend the party’s case, and the availability of less severe sanctions.- A district court has discretion in awarding attorney fees as a sanction in divorce' actioris. An award of attorney fees as a sanction will not be disturbed on appeal unless the court abuses its discretion. A court abuses its discretion when it acts in an arbitrary, unreasonable, or unconscionable manner, when it •misinterprets or misapplies the law, or when its decision is not the product of a rational mental process leading to a reasoned determination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis v. Smart