Stubbs v. Stubbs’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “Appellant is not in the position of those who “discover that a judgment has been rendered against them after judgment has been rendered.” Appellant signed his approval of the judgment prior to an entry and we therefore presume that he read it and had knowledge of its contents prior to its entry. Appellant here is in the category of those who “should reasonably use the more speedy method of appeal.” He was fully familiar with the findings and conclusions of the decree even prior to its entry by the trial court. Furthermore, he had waived the making of a record of the proceedings and therefore had no occasion to delay his appeal to this court pending preparation of a statement of facts, (emphasis added). The record was complete, and appellant had sufficient familiarity with the events from his participation in the proceedings to enable him to prosecute an immediate appeal if he so desired.”

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