Cohoon v. Cohoon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the provision in the parties Agreement which states that child support, custody, or visitation issues shall be resolved by 'binding arbitration' is void as against public policy in that the agreement attempts to usurp the continuing jurisdiction of the Court over the issues concerning child support modifications, contempt actions, custody, and visitation.”

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

2. “[nljothing in the 'dissolution order indicates that Father was entitled to a 100% abatement of his weekly support obligation during his extended periods of visitation with M.C.”

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

3. “whether a party is in contempt of the [divorce decree] is not encompassed within the binding arbitration provision of the [settlement agreement]”

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