416 F. Supp. 2d 645 - Koch v. Koch’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate ·

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

1. “Moreover, Dane, Antonia and the children were not in Germany on a visit nor was this a situation where one parent remained behind. Rather, the family moved to Germany as a family because Dane found work there. They took all of their belongings with them except for a few large items and established a home and a life in Germany. Dane worked, Antonia cared for the children and Charles attended school. Further, Dane and Antonia were not strangers to Germany, both having lived there for most of their adult lives. Thus, there can be little doubt that Charles and Annalena became habitual residents of Germany.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Koch v. Koch · Antonia P. Koch v. Dane J. Koch

2. “to prevent the unilateral removal of children by one parent and to identify the place where the children are settled and where recent information about the quality of family life is available.”

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

3. “we would be hard-pressed to conclude that you had not abandoned any prior habitual residence.”

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