Wright v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

88 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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““that the trial court treated (Wife) inequitably in its decision regarding what constituted a fair division between the parties of the marital property. Therefore, we hold that (she) failed to carry (her) burden of proving error in the trial court’s award to (Husband).” [Cit.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rumley-Miawama v. Miawama · Fuller v. Fuller

2. ““ ‘all the relevant factors, including each party’s contribution to the acquisition and maintenance of the property (which would include monetary contributions . ..), as well as the purpose and intent of the parties regarding the ownership of the property. (Cits.)’ ” [Cit.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 551 - Herbert W. Benson v. Donald J. Ward · Pina v. Pina

3. “While each spouse is entitled to an allocation of the marital property based upon his or her respective equitable interest therein, [cit.], an award is not erroneous simply because one party receives a seemingly greater share of the marital property. [Cits.]”

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