Wall v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We are limited in our review to consideration of only those orders actually entered by the trial court. As we said in Wall v. Wall, S.D., 260 N.W.2d 644 , 648: `It is now settled in this state that the memorandum opinion is not material and is of no binding force and effect as a matter of law either upon the trial judge himself or anyone else. Christiansen v. Strand, 82 S.D. 416, 420 , 147 N.W.2d 415, 417 (1966).'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sneesby v. Davis

2. “[T]he duration of the marriage, value of the property, the ages of the parties, the parties’ state of health and competency to earn a living, the contribution of each party to the accumulation of the property, and the income-producing capacity of the parties’ assets. Hansen, supra, at p. 751 .”

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

3. “When dividing the money or property of the parties the trial court must make a fair and just award considering all of the material factors.”

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