Caldwell v. Gilbert’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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

1. “"(3) We are of the opinion that once a court's jurisdiction has attached, it continues exclusively for the purpose of modifying its own alimony judgment. If this were not so, the ensuing results would unnecessarily complicate orderly legal procedure. Assuming arguendo that the Calcasieu District Court would have jurisdiction to modify Mrs. Gilbert's alimony award granted in Orleans Parish, what would prevent Mr. Gilbert from going back to the Orleans court to seek a reduction? Assuming further that Mr. Gilbert could successfully have the award reduced in Calcasieu Parish, what would prevent the Orleans court from holding him in contempt for failing to pay to his wife the original amount ordered by it? Obviously if both courts were to have concurrent jurisdiction to modify the Orleans decree, there could certainly result a collision of judgments. It is quite possible for different courts to award different amounts of alimony under a given set of facts."”

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

2. “"However, a majority of this court is now of the opinion that the Caddo Parish court, which rendered the original custody decree in the divorce proceedings, did not retain forever the exclusive jurisdiction and venue to modify that decree. This question is res nova in Louisiana." (Emphasis ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 So. 2d 188 - Cashio v. Cashio