Shorb v. Shorb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Consequently, if a party attempts to unfairly extinguish ownership of marital property before the date of filing or to improperly delay ownership of marital property until after litigation is commenced, the family court must include that property in the marital estate.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Odom · Bojilov v. Bojilov

2. “Proceeds from [the h]usband's stock options will be considered marital only if the [w]ife introduces clear and convincing evidence to establish fraud in relation to [the h]usband's sale of the options.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Odom · Bojilov v. Bojilov

3. “[s]econd, the property must be owned on the date of filing or * commencement of marital litigation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Odom · Bojilov v. Bojilov