Moore v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
December 1999
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Christine · Lien v. Lien · Herndon v. Herndon · Rousseau v. Gesinger · Jameson v. Jameson
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.
“The term `abuse of discretion' refers to `a discretion exercised to an end or purpose not justified by, and clearly against, reason and evidence.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Moore v. Moore, 354 N.W.2d 732, 733 (S.D.1984) ( quoting Herndon v. Herndon, 305 N.W.2d 917, 918 (S.D.1981)). Here, the trial court abused its discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bradeen v. Bradeen
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.