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42 Va. App. 794 - Sullivan v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited

16 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Fun v. Virginia Military Institute · 14 Va. App. 53 - Buchanan v. Buchanan · Tomlin v. McKenzie · Burns v. Board of Sup'rs of Fairfax Cty. · Keel v. Keel

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

  1. ““[i]f the court could not retroactively approve a move or order a change in custody[,] ... having before it evidence that the relocation of the children or the modification of custody would be in the best interests of the children, the court would be required to act contrary to the best interests of the children.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[a] plea in bar presents a distinct issue of fact which, if proven, creates a bar to the plaintiff's right of recovery. The moving party has the burden of proof on that issue.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “[t]he standards of review for a defensive plea in bar and a demurrer are substantially similar,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.