Claybrook v. Claybrook’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “"on remand, even if the wife’s evidence fails to establish a defense sufficient to defeat the enforcement of the parties' agreement, the trial court is not bound by the provisions set forth therein. The trial court must independently determine whether the provisions of that agreement comply with Rule 32, Ala. R. Jud. Admin., or whether a deviation therefrom is justified, and whether the provisions of the agreement are just and equitable under the circumstances.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 75 So. 3d 1192 - Dana Kyle Whitman v. Larry Stephen Whitman II.

2. “' Grantham v. Grantham , 656 So.2d 900 , 901 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995) (quoting Brocato v. Brocato , 332 So.2d 722 , 724 (Ala. 1976) ). See also Wilcoxen v. Wilcoxen , 907 So.2d 447 , 449 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005) ('A trial court has the discretionary authority to permit a party to repudiate an agreement in contemplation of divorce if that party is able to show”

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

3. “Good cause includes 'fraud, collusion, accident, surprise or some other ground of this nature.' " ' (quoting Culver v. Culver , 651 So.2d 21 , 23 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994), quoting in turn Borders v. Borders , 597 So.2d 1373 , 1375 (Ala. Civ. App. 1992) ) ).”

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