Miles v. Miles’s Empirical Analysis

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20 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the line of cases that articulate an even higher burden on the party seeking modification when an agreement is involved.” Id. at 120 , 711 S.E.2d at 885 . Furthermore, the court in Miles stated:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roof v. Steele

2. “Where an agreement is clear on its face and unambiguous, the court's only function is to interpret its lawful meaning and the intent of the parties as found within the agreement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stevens & Wilkinson of South Carolina, Inc. v. City of Columbia