Wright v. Wright’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. “It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that all right, title, and/or interest in the property listed below be, and the same is hereby awarded to Margaret Carlson as her sole and separate property, and the same is hereby freed and cleared of any claims, interest, and/or demands of George E. Carlson, except as otherwise may be expressly stated in this Decree: [[Image here]] 8. Any and all sums, whether matured or'unmatured, accrued or unaccrued, vested or otherwise, together with all increases thereof, the proceeds therefrom, and any other rights related to any profit-sharing plan, retirement plan, pension plan, or like benefit program existing by reason of [Margaret Carlson’s] past, present, or future employment.”

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

2. ““Res judicata ... bars litigation of all issues connected with a cause of action or defense which, with the use of diligence, might have been tried in the prior suit, (citation omitted). When a prior judgment is offered in a subsequent suit in which there is identity of parties, issues and subject matter, such judgment is treated as an absolute bar to retrial of claims pertaining to the same cause of action on the theory that they have merged into the judgment”.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coble Wall Trust Co., Inc. v. Palmer