Vangsness v. Vangsness’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thiele v. Stich · Marriage of Pikula v. Pikula · Marriage of Sefkow v. Sefkow · Fletcher v. St. Paul Pioneer Press · Lamb v. Jordan
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That the record might support findings other than those made by the [district] court does not show that the [district] court's findings are defective.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“current law leaves scant if any room for an appellate court to question the [district] court's balancing of best-interests considerations”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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