Jacobs-Raak v. Raak’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “by its valuation of the property. The court's valuation of the life estate was not induced by an erroneous view of the law, was within the range of evidence presented at trial, and this Court is not left with a definite and firm conviction a mistake has been made. The valuation of the life estate in the real property was not clearly erroneous. [¶9] The district court added the value of the payments remaining under the contract for deed to the value of the life estate. The valuation of remaining payments under the contract for deed was within the evidence presented by the parties.”

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

2. “Child support determinations involve questions of law which are subject to the de novo standard of review, findings of fact which are subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review, and may, in some limited areas, be matters of discretion subject to the abuse of discretion standard of review.”

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

3. “A property valuation within the range of evidence presented at trial is not clearly erroneous.”

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