Watson v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"On appeal from decree requiring the husband to contribute to the support of the children in the custody of the wife, this court will search the entire record but will not modify or set aside the amount of child support allowed by the trial court in the absence of a showing that the amount awarded is clearly against the weight of the evidence. * * *"”

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

2. “"An application for attorney's fee to the wife in defense of a motion to modify a prior decree in a divorce action, relative to the custody of a minor child, is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court and its ruling in this respect will not be disturbed on appeal in the absence of a showing of an abuse of discretion."”

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