Hyde v. Hyde’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The presumption that a dissolution court correctly followed the law and made all the proper considerations in crafting its property distribution is one of the strongest presumptions applicable to our consideration on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Augspurger v. Hudson · Caldwell v. Caldwell

2. “This presumption may be rebutted, however, by evidence of each spouse's contribution to the acquisition of the property, the extent to which the property was acquired before the marriage or by inheritance, the economic cireumstances of each spouse, the conduct of the parties relating to the disposition or dissipation of assets, and each spouse's earning ability.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Augspurger v. Hudson

3. “(all-though the cireumstances may have justified a different property distribution, we may not substitute our judgment for that of the dissolution court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Augspurger v. Hudson