Switzer v. Switzer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]here ambiguities may be found, the agreement should be construed much as is done in the case of a contract, with the court seeking to gather the intent of the parties and render its clauses harmonious in the light of that intent.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Newell v. Hinton · 919 So. 2d 184 - Rogers v. Rogers

2. “the custody, support, alimony and property settlement agreement becomes a part of the final decree for all legal intents and purposes.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 574 So. 2d 1376 - Lawrence v. Lawrence · 587 So. 2d 928 - Gregg v. Montgomery

3. “We have heretofore held that, for purposes of subsequent modification proceedings, alimony and child support provisions found in an agreement made incident to an irreconcilable differences divorce are treated the same as though the chancellor had made the award for a contested divorce trial. Marascalco v. Marascalco, 445 So.2d 1380, 1381-1382 (Miss. 1984); Tedford v. Dempsey, 437 So.2d 410, 417 (Miss. 1983); Taylor v. Taylor, 392 So.2d 1145, 1147-1149 (Miss. 1981).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Brown