Chalmers v. Hirschkop’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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “not demonstrated that she complied with any of the requirements of section 217”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. George v. Deamon (In re George) · 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 614 - Swain v. Swain (In re Swain)

2. “A party seeking to present live testimony from witnesses other than the parties shall, prior to the hearing, file and serve a witness list with a brief description of the anticipated testimony. If the witness list is not served prior to the hearing, the court may, on request, grant a brief continuance and may make appropriate temporary orders pending the continued hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. George v. Deamon (In re George)

3. “courts' holdings that evidentiary rulings do not apply to postjudgment motions were decided prior to the enactment of section 217.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 614 - Swain v. Swain (In re Swain)