Jackson v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““However, it has long been recognized that parties may agree between themselves to pay support beyond a child’s minority, and that such agreements are enforceable. Despite the father’s assertion that [Ex parte] Bayliss[, 550 So.2d 986 (Ala.1989),] unconditionally requires the filing of a petition prior to the child’s majority, and, therefore, precluded the trial court from properly ordering post-minority support in this case, we see no logical reason for extending that rule to the situation in which a prior agreement between the parties is sought to be enforced. Nor do we believe that such an agreement, voluntarily entered into by the father, may be legally enforced only when filed with a court before the child’s majority.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Procise v. Marler · Godwin v. Davis