Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But in divorce actions courts look with special favor upon applications for hearings on the merits. In a divorce action if an application for relief be made in due time the court is justified in setting aside a default ‘upon very slight showing’. Hammond v. Hammond, 92 Cal. App. 212 , 267 P. 893, 894 ; Rehfuss v. Rehfuss, 169 Cal. 86 , 145 P. 1020 . This rule is based upon the ground that the state is interested in preserving the integrity of the family relation, which cannot be destroyed merely by the consent of the parties.””

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