Clark v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2010
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Ex Rel. McClintock v. Black · Wilhoit v. Wilhoit · Spauldin v. Spauldin · Meltzer v. Meltzer · Spence v. Spence
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A finding of fact precedes judgment and constitutes an opinion for the ground of judgment, but it is not a final determination of the rights of the litigants in the subject matter of the action. Only a judgment is that[.] The efficacy of judgment, therefore, does not reside in any prefatory statement of reason or recital but in the mandate of the decree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.