Lukich v. Lukich’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'marriage' to [h]usband # 2 was 'void' from the inception since at the time of that marriage she had a living spouse and that marriage had not been 'declared void.' " 379 S.C. 589 , 592, 666 S.E.2d 906 , 907 (2008) (quoting S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-80 ). "A mere marriage ceremony between a man and a woman, where one of them has a living wife or husband, is not a marriage at all. Such a marriage is absolutely void, and not merely voidable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Sojourner (In re Estate of Brown)

2. “'marriage' to [h]usband # 2 was 'void' from the inception since at the time of that marriage she had a living spouse and that marriage had not been 'declared void.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Sojourner (In re Estate of Brown)

3. “Since there was no marriage under the plain terms of the statute when the ceremony between Wife and Husband # 2 was performed in 1985, there was nothing to be”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Sojourner (In re Estate of Brown)