Thompson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Income must be sufficiently documented through the use of tax returns, current wage statements, and other information to fully apprise the court of all gross income.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Knudson v. Knudson · Wolt v. Wolt

2. “A correct finding of an obligor's net income is essential to determining the proper amount of child support.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Knudson v. Knudson · Wolt v. Wolt

3. “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. The district court errs as a matter of law if it fails to comply with the child support guidelines in determining an obligor's child support obligation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Minyard v. Lindseth