Clark v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““By acting to settle the dispute between the parents about their child’s name, the circuit court simply acted with the appropriate goal of promoting the child’s best interest. Since the change of. a child’s name is a matter affecting the child and within the realm of matters in respect to the custody of the child, that subject is encompassed in the circuit court’s equity jurisdiction and within its .jurisdiction under § 30—3—1[, Ala.Code 1975].””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Russell v. Fuqua

2. “`A judgment is void if the court that rendered it lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter or over the parties.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 977 So. 2d 482 - Tlh v. Rar

3. “[a] void judgment will not support an appeal,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cds v. Kss