Clark v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 no ambiguity exists a statute is to be interpreted according to the intent of the authors which intent is gleaned from what the authors actually said, not what they may have intended to say but did not say.” Clark v. Clark, Ky.App., 601 S.W.2d 614, 615 (1980).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rone v. Blankenship · John v. John

2. “Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the decree, the obligation to pay future maintenance is terminated upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the party receiving maintenance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lydic v. Lydic · Desloge v. Desloge

3. “Subsection (b) authorizes the parties to agree in writing or the court to provide in the decree that maintenance will continue beyond the death of the obligor or the remarriage of the obligee. In the absence of such an agreement or provision in the decree, this section sets the termination date for the obligation to pay future maintenance. (Emphasis added.)”

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