Adams v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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. ““The action of a trial court in refusing to modify a child custody order or judgment will not be disturbed on appeal unless so clearly against the weight of the evidence as to constitute an abuse of discretion.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miracle v. Miracle · Lyman v. Lyman

2. ““ * * * One of the principal reasons why, under said rule of appellate review, such matters are left so largely to trial court’s discretion, is their better position to appraise and weigh the evidence, as well as to determine what, under all of the circumstances with which they are familiar, will be for the best interests of the child. * *”

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