State v. Ponthieaux’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. ““Appeals shall lie to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana from all final judgments rendered by the Juvenile Court. An appeal shall lie on questions of law and of fact when the judgment of the court affects the custody, care and control of children under seventeen years of age, * * *. An appeal also shall lie on questions of law and of fact in adoption proceedings. In all other cases an appeal shall lie'on questions of law alone.””

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

2. “Alimony is not an incident to a suit to annul a marriage and is, therefore, not recoverable in such a proceeding”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 307 So. 2d 611 - Cortes v. Fleming