McCormick v. McCormick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “to realistically appraise a spouse's employment opportunities, keeping in mind both the type and degree of spouse's incapacity and the spouse's present skills and experience.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Marriage of Erwin · Seay v. Erwin

2. “to be physically or mentally incapacitated to the extent that the ability of the incapacitated spouse to support himself or herself is materially affected[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Marriage of Erwin · Seay v. Erwin

3. “The essential inquiry is whether the incapacitated spouse has the ability to support himself or herself.”

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