36 Ark. App. 197 - McLain v. McLain’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 23 Ark. App. 203 - Lofton v. Lofton · Canady v. Canady · 30 Ark. App. 272 - First National Bank of Roland v. Rush · 34 Ark. App. 247 - Bradford v. Bradford · 35 Ark. App. 89 - Dunn v. Dunn
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Clear and convincing evidence is evidence by a credible witness whose memory of the facts about which he testifies is distinct, whose narration of the details is exact and in due order, and whose testimony is so direct, weighty, and convincing as to enable the fact finder to come to a clear conviction, without hesitation, of the truth of the facts related. (Citation omitted.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.