State v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But in order that they may have a right to sue for this alimony, they must: “1. Have been legally acknowledged by both their father and mother, or by either of them fr#m whom they claim alimony; or they must have been declared to be their children by a judgment duly pronounced, in cases in which they may be admitted to prove their paternal or maternal descent”.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. MacK

2. “... reference must be made to the substantive law in order to ascertain the existence of the duty. In cases of legitimate children, proof of the birth during marriage establishes, of course, the obligation to support.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 390 So. 2d 494 - State v. Manning