Bell v. Sykes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Section 14.07, supra, provides that: “(a) The best interest of the child shall always be the primary consideration of the court in determining questions of support of and access to the child . “(b) In determining the best interests of the child, the court shall consider the circumstances of the parents . . . ” Section 14.08, supra, provides: “(a) The motion shall allege that the circumstances of the child have materially and substantially changed since the entry of the order sought to be modified “(c) After a hearing and on a finding that the circumstances of the child have materially and substantially changed and that modification is in the best interest of the child, any order or part of an order may be modified, except that an order providing for support of a child may be modified only as to obligations accruing subsequent to the motion to modify.””

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