Calhoun v. Calhoun’s Empirical Analysis

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38 state decisions

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

1. “[W]hen a money judgment is finalized, whether in a lower court or an appellate court, the interest on that amount, whether it has been modified upward or downward or remains the same, runs from the date of the original judgment. To the extent this new rule is inconsistent with prior case law, that case law is overruled.”

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

2. “When property is determined to have been transmuted, the entire property, not just a portion of the property, is included in the parties' marital property which is thereafter apportioned by the family court using the criteria set forth in [the equitable apportionment statute.]”

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

3. “[u]se of the word 'shall' in a statutory provision indicates the provision is mandatory”). 2 . Roland was superseded by statute. Hodgson v. Crotty Bros. Dallas, Inc., 450 F.2d 1268, 1272 (5th Cir.1971). 3 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee v. Thermal Engineering Corp.