7 Utah 2d 263 - Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The instant case is a good example of the undesirable and impractical results that would emanate from adopting the view urged by plaintiff that the court must invariably, in all circumstances, award the custody of children under 10 to the mother unless she is found to be an immoral or incompetent person; it likewise exemplified the wisdom of the prior adjudications of this court that questions of custody are always equitable and that the controlling consideration is the welfare of the children involved. * * * “Due to the equitable nature of such proceedings the proper adjudication of which is highly dependent upon personal equations which the trial court is in an advantaged position to appraise, he is allowed considerable latitude of discretion and his orders will not be disturbed itnless it appears that there has been a plain abuse thereof. We cannot say that he did so here, but rather are impressed with the wisdom in which he handled a difficult situation.””

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

2. “Due to the equitable nature of such proceedings, the proper adjudication of which is highly dependent upon personal equations which the- trial court is in an advantaged position to appraise, he is allowed considerable latitude pf discretion and his orders will not be disturbed unless it appears that there has been a plain abuse thereof.”

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