State ex rel. Bailey v. Powers’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. “The sole purpose of the paternity statutes is to provide a judicial forum for a woman who has delivered a child out of wedlock.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sweet v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services Child Support Enforcement · 2010 OK CIV APP 57 - Sweet v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF HUMAN SVCS.

2. “In an action for a divorce, legal separation or annulment where there are children born to the parties, the court may determine if the parties to the action are the parents of the children, although the court finds that the parties are not married; and if the parties to the action are the parents of the children, the court may determine which party should have custody of said children, and it may award child support to the parent to whom it awards custody, and make an appropriate order for payment of costs and attorney's fees.”

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

3. “The Legislature has recently enacted a statute to provide for the situation which is presented to us. Although it was not effective at the time of trial, it would govern any further disposition of this matter.”

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