McRae v. Carbno’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In many cases the determination of custody is an extremely close decision, and the determination that the best interests of the child will be served by placing the child in the custody of one parent takes into consideration the liberal visitation rights granted to the other parent. In some cases a trial court might very well have placed the child in the other parent's custody if, at the time of awarding custody, the court had known that the proposed custodial parent planned to move from the state.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dvorak v. AgriBank, FCB

2. “The trial court has heard the testimony and observed the parties involved. It has determined that [the custodial parent] has not met her burden of proof in establishing that the best interests of [the child] will be served by granting her permission to move to Seattle. The decision of the trial court should be upheld unless we are convinced that a mistake has been made. We are not so convinced, and, accordingly, the order of the trial court is affirmed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dvorak v. AgriBank, FCB

3. “The legislature and the past decisions of this court have placed a high level of importance on the rights of children to have the love and companionship of both parents”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dvorak v. AgriBank, FCB