Addy v. Addy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A father cannot be relieved from the duty to support his minor children by agreement of the mother. * * *. “At common law and in most states the father is primarily liable for the support of his children. * # *. “However in this state * * #, the view prevails that even as between the parents they are under the same legal duty to support the children.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis Ex Rel. Grant v. Davis · Picht v. Henry

2. ““There can be no question that upon birth of the child defendant became morally and legally obligated, aside from any statute, to support it during minority. He was not relieved of this obligation by the decree of divorce with its award of custody to the mother. While the decree severed the marital relation between husband and wife it did not divorce defendant from his obligation to provide for the wants of the child. [Citing cases] “* * * A father’s obligation to support his child is not abrogated by the fact the separation of the parents may have been caused by fault of the wife. Even where a divorce is granted to the father it is usually held he remains liable for support of children whose custody was awarded the mother. The child should not be denied his right to the support of his father because of dissension between the parents for which he was not to blame.” (Citing cases) (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gerk Ex Rel. Gerk v. Gerk