Marshall v. Marshall’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. “"`Obviously, the clear intent of the parties at the time of the agreement was that the Former Wife would be the owner of the automobile and, as a part of the property settlement, received that asset at the fair market value thereof at the time of the divorce without the indebtedness being deducted from said value. The Former Husband assumed a liability and agreed to pay the same in full. . . . The Court cannot find any interpretation of the parties' agreement by which it can be said that the intent of the parties would be that if an accident occurred under the present circumstances, and the indebtedness was paid by a third party, that the Former Husband should be relieved in full of his debt and that the Former Wife would lose virtually the entire value of the asset she received.'"”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 45 So. 3d 365 - Long v. Long · 913 So. 2d 1093 - Jackson v. Jackson

2. ““ ‘Judgments are to be construed like other written instruments, and, if there is any uncertainty, the court must construe them so as to express the intent of the parties.’ Allen v. Allen, 386 So.2d 1176 (Ala.Civ.App.1980). It is clear from the record that the parties intended that [the husband] would provide [the wife] with the 1982 Cutlass or another car without indebtedness to her. Therefore, the trial court’s order for [the husband] to pay for a substitute automobile, in lieu of the automobile he wrecked, was not a modification of a property division but to enforce compliance with the express intent of the parties in their agreement and the judgment of the court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 45 So. 3d 365 - Long v. Long

3. “"`That all right, title and interest in and to . . . [the] 1982 Cutlass stationwagon *Page 464 or any other automobile the parties may trade said vehicle for, is hereby divested out of the [husband] and vested in the [wife]. [The husband] is ordered and directed to be responsible for and pay all outstanding mortgages and indebtedness against said personal property. . . ."”

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