Palin v. Palin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As a result, 'unless it is shown that the trial justice either improperly exercised his or her discretion or that there was an abuse thereof, this Court will not disturb the trial justice's findings.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Angela Luis v. Kevin Gaugler. · Diane Giarrusso v. Paul Giarrusso

2. “will not disturb findings of fact made by a trial justice or magistrate in a divorce action unless he or she has misconceived the relevant evidence or was otherwise clearly wrong.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Diane Giarrusso v. Paul Giarrusso

3. “[q]uestions of law in an appeal from the Family Court * * * are reviewed de novo .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joel Trojan v. Denise Trojan