Ausman v. Ausman’s Empirical Analysis

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17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Comment: . . . There will be many lesser situations in which the judge’s own sense of propriety may indicate that he disqualify himself. There may also be even lesser situations in which the judge will determine that full disclosure to counsel is adequate.” Code of Judicial Ethics, Comment to Rule 1, supra, 259. “. . . It will often happen that a judge, particularly where he resides in the same community with the parties, will have some awareness of the background of a dispute which comes into his court but his decision must always be based solely on the facts brought out before him during the course of the proceeding. Unless he is certain that he can put aside such information as may have come to him outside the record and such opinions as he may have formed thereon he must disqualify himself.” Ausman v. Ausman (1966), 31 Wis. 2d 79, 86 , 141 N. W. 2d 869 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 49 Wis. 2d 142 - Sturdevant v. State

2. ““Obviously Mr. Ausman will be deprived of the use of his share of these assets for more than fifteen years if this part of the judgment remains unchanged. Equally obviously, this use of his assets must be taken into account as a partial fulfillment of his duty to support Mrs. Ausman and the children.” 31 Wis. 2d 85 , 141 N. W. 2d 872 .”

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