Brown v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When construing the language of a judgment, the reviewing court will attempt to read all of the provisions thereof so as to render them all effective. In construction of a judgment, the reviewing court may look at the entire record, including but not limited to the complaint, findings, argument, and evidence, to ascertain its meaning and effect. Judgments should be liberally construed so as to make them serviceable instead of useless, and necessary legal implications are included though not expressed in terms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. AmRhein v. Eden

2. “'Emancipation' occurs when a minor child becomes free of the care, custody, and control of its parents while still a minor.”

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

3. “reaches twenty-one (21) years of age ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bailey v. City of Lawrence