Campbell v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[7] Except for the one threat outlined in the above testimony of complainant, and denied in its entirety by respondent, the record fails to disclose conduct on the part of the husband from which danger to complainant’s life or health could be reasonably apprehended. This one incident, weighted by the denial of the husband, and the fact that the wife remained in his home, sleeping in the same bed with him for nearly two months without complaining to his or her people, does not meet the requirements of our statute, as construed by our cases. In so holding, we are not unmindful of the testimony of the wife as to other reprehensive conduct of the husband, not amounting to cruelty, but which conduct was also denied by the husband.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Calhoun v. Calhoun

2. ““Our cases are clear to the effect that a divorce on the ground of cruelty is justified only when physical violence endangering life or health has occurred or is reasonably apprehended. Jones v. Jones, 189 Ala. 286 , 66 So. 4 ; Morrison v. Morrison, 165 Ala. 191 , 51 So. 743 ; Murray v. Murray, 238 Ala. 158 , 189 So. 877 ; Bailey v. Bailey, 237 Ala. 525 , 187 So. 453 ; Ray v. Ray, 245 Ala. 591 , 18 So.2d 273 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ussery v. Ussery