Andres v. Andres’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. “The doctrine of clean-hands provides that “he who comes into equity must come with clean hands.” Cook v. Whiddon, 866 So.2d 494, 498 (¶ 13) (Miss.Ct.App.2004) (citing Thigpen v. Kennedy, 238 So.2d 744, 746 (Miss.1970)). “[T]he clean-hands doctrine prevents a complaining party from obtaining equitable relief in court when he is guilty of willful misconduct in the transaction at issue.” Id. (citing Bailey v. Bailey, So.2d 335, 337 (¶ 6) (Miss.1998)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. S.S. v. S.H.

2. “grant an obligor parent a credit for child-support payments which were made on behalf of a child subsequent to that child's emancipation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tammy H. Ratliff v. Dennis Ratliff

3. “unduly restrict a chancellor's ability to make an equitable ruling.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tammy H. Ratliff v. Dennis Ratliff