Sunshine v. Sunshine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If by reason of death, sickness, or other disability, a judge before whom an action has been tried is unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court under these rules after a verdict is returned or findings of fact and conclusions of law are filed, then any other judge sitting in or assigned to the court in which the action was tried may perform those duties; but if such other judge is satisfied that he cannot perform those duties because he did not preside at the trial or for any other reason, he may in his discretion grant a new trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Faris v. Rothenberg

2. ““Inasmuch as the Master occupies the position of finder of fact, we hold that in case of death of the Master before findings are made, it is necessary that his successor begin the proceedings anew, or that the trial court hold hearings on its own before making findings. A successor master who fails to conduct a hearing de novo lacks jurisdiction to enter any findings or conclusions. Mutual consent cannot confer jurisdiction where it is absent.” Id. at 67, 488 P.2d at 1134 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State, Department of Health & Welfare v. Holt

3. “'clearly unsupported by the evidence in the record, and when no evidence in the record would lead a reasonable person to reach the same conclusion as the master.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. P.F.P. Family Holdings, L.P. v. Stan Lee Media, Inc.