Bussell v. Bussell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 34 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. The ages of the parties; 2. Their earning capacity; 3. The duration of the marriage; 4. The conduct of the parties during marriage; 5. The parties’ “station in life;” 6. The circumstances and necessities of each; 7. Their health; 8. Their financial condition; 9. The time and manner of acquisition of the property in question; 10. The value of the property at the time of division; and 11. The income-producing capacity of the property.”

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

2. “[T]he respective ages of the parties; their earning ability; the duration and conduct of each during the marriage; their station in life; the circumstances and necessities of each; their health and physical condition; their financial circumstances, including the time and manner of acquisition of the property in question, its value at the time and its income producing capacity if any.”

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

3. “The doctrine essentially provides that, where there is clear and unequivocal evidence that at a particular point prior to divorce the parties' marriage is no longer viable, identification of marital assets for the purposes of property division will be made as of that time rather than as of the date of divorce.”

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