Ex Parte Sinclair’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Contents. An enforcement order shall contain findings setting out in ordinary and concise language the provisions of the final order, decree, or judgment for which enforcement was sought, the acts or omissions that are the subject of the order, the manner of noncompliance, and the relief awarded by the court. If the order imposes incarceration or a fine, an enforcement order must contain findings setting out specifically and with particularity or incorporating by reference the provisions of the final order, decree, or judgment for which enforcement was sought and the time date, and place of each occasion on which the respondent failed to comply with the provision and setting out the relief awarded by the court. (Emphasis added.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Haynie · Ex Parte Coleman

2. “Because the commitment order recites only total arrearages under the divorce decree and the February 5, 1987 order, it fails to satisfy the § 14.33(a) requirement that an enforcement order state the time, date, and place of relator’s violations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Johnson