Kidd v. Kidd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On appeal from a bench trial, we view the evidence in a light most favorable to the trial court's findings, and therefore recite the facts consistent with that standard, However, we present conflicting evidence to the extent neces'sary to clarify the issues raised on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Osborne v. Osborne · Mullins v. Mullins

2. “[t}rial courts have considerable discretion in determining alimony . and [determinations of alimony] will be upheld on appeal unless a clear and prejudicial abuse of discretion is demonstrated.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mullins v. Mullins · Barrani v. Barrani

3. “Those findings must be sufficiently detailed and include enough subsidiary facts to disclose the steps by which the ultimate conclusion on each factual issue was reached.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barrani v. Barrani · Dole v. Dole