Peterson v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 1991
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jesperson v. Jesperson · Bradshaw v. Kershaw · Chandler v. West · Allphin Realty, Inc. v. Sine · International Resources v. Dunfield
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]onsistent with our practice to affirm a trial court's decision whenever we can do so on a proper ground even though it was not the ground on which the trial court relied in its ruling,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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