2012 Pa. Super. 86 - Reber v. Reiss’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] trial court has broad discretion when fashioning an award of equitable distribution.... We do not lightly find an abuse of discretion, which requires a showing of clear and convincing evidence. This court will not find an abuse of discretion unless the law has been overridden or misapplied or the judgment exercised was manifestly unreasonable, or the result of partiality, prejudice, bias, or ill will, as shown by the evidence in the certified record. In determining the propriety of an equitable distribution award, courts must consider the distribution scheme as a whole. We measure the circumstances of the case against the objective of effectuating economic justice between the parties and achieving a just determination of their property rights.”

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

2. “There is no question that the ability to have a biological child and/or be pregnant is a distinct experience from adoption. Thus, simply because adoption or foster parenting may be available ... does not mean that such options should be given equal weight in a balancing test.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Marriage of Rooks

3. “The cryopreservation of pre-embryos presents novel legal'issues, ‘primarily because of the potential for the passage of several years between fertilization and later transfer and subsequent birth of the child.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seaman v. Colvin