Shade v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in the best interests of a child for the child to have a strong relationship with both of his or her parents.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 173 - William L Luna v. Carrie Marie Regnier · 322 Mich. App. 266 - Susan Reanel Ludwig v. Craig Cooper Ludwig

2. “the very normal life change factors that Vodvarka finds insufficient to justify a change in custodial environment are precisely the types of considerations that trial courts should take into account in making determinations regarding modification of parenting time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 325 Mich. App. 353 - Kimberly Marie Marik v. Peter Brian Marik

3. “Orders concerning parenting time must be affirmed on appeal unless the trial court's findings were against the great weight of the evidence, the court committed a palpable abuse of discretion, or the court made a clear legal error on a major issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 173 - William L Luna v. Carrie Marie Regnier