Lynch v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because we do not know what value the trial court assigned to the community property assets or the percentage of the property awarded to each party, we cannot conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in dividing the community property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Harrison

2. “Mischaracterization of community property as separate property is harmful and requires reversal only if the mischaracterization affects the just and right division of the community estate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Harrison

3. “Pace makes no argument as to why the property division is unfair or unjust apart from the alleged mischaracterization. In short he has failed to conduct a harm analysis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Guimaraes v. Brann