Brown v. Brown’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. “the testimony delivered from the stand, and had the benefit of that personal observance of and contact with the parties which is of peculiar value in arriving at a correct result in a case of this character.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gorecki v. Gorecki · Kennedy v. Kennedy

2. “Generally, 'proof must be sufficiently definite to identify the time and place of the offense and the circumstances under which it was committed.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stoney v. Stoney · Gorecki v. Gorecki

3. “The burden to show property is not subject to equitable distribution is upon the one claiming that property acquired during the marriage is not marital.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bojilov v. Bojilov