DeRYKE v. Teets’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “completely, clearly, and unambiguously expresses the intent of the parties that the beneficiary spouse is releasing any and all interest in the benefits at the time of divorce ... [the agreement] operates as a complete waiver of the Ex-Husband’s beneficiary designation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sadler v. Buskirk

2. “Where any contractual term of a settlement agreement incorporated into a decree is clear, unambiguous, and capable of only one interpretation as written, the provision's plain meaning must be strictly enforced.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cahill v. United States

3. “that the usual rules of contract construction are to be utilized in determining the meaning and effect of a settlement agreement incorporated into a decree of divorce.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cahill v. United States