Christianson v. Ely’s Empirical Analysis

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39 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In our appellate review of child support matters, we use an abuse of discretion standard. A support order will not be disturbed on appeal unless the trial court failed to consider properly the requirements of the Rules of Civil Procedure Governing Actions for Support ... or abused its discretion in applying these Rules. An abuse of discretion is “not merely an error of judgment, but if in reaching a conclusion the law is overridden or misapplied, or the judgment exercised is manifestly unreasonable, or the result of partiality, prejudice, bias or ill-will ... discretion is abused. This is a limited role and, absent a clear abuse of discretion, the appellate court will defer to the order of the trial court. A finding of abuse is not lightly made but only upon a showing of clear and convincing evidence.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ney v. Ney · 2004 Pa. Super. 56 - Dennis v. Whitney

2. “[L]aches has no application in support or paternity cases.”' (quotation marks omitted)); Lyon v. Lyon, 143 Vt. 458 , 466 A.2d 1186, 1188 (1983) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Catherine E. Brochu v. Richard A. McLeod