Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he district court applied the wrong legal standard, and in so doing, abused its discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Hon. Boyden · State v. Cuttler

2. “dump the burden of argument and research”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Wright · 2018 UT App 167 - Gardiner v. Anderson

3. “'The appropriate distribution of property varlies] from case to ease, [but] [tlhe overriding consideration is that the ultimate division be equitable-that the property be fairly divided between the parties, given their contribution during the marriage and their circumstances at the time of divorcee. Thus, our precedent has endorsed a context-specific approach that recognizes the various ways marital property can be acquired and then distributed equitably.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Granger v. Granger