Doyle v. Doyle’s Empirical Analysis

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54 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The trial court must render findings of ultimate fact that support any decteed property division; the findings must be explicit and sufficiently detailed to give [us] a clear understanding of the basis of the trial court's decision.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jerry B. v. Sally B. · Hall v. Hall

2. “[F]air market value is a single, unitary figure, commonly defined as '[t]he amount at which property would change hands, between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts.' " (quoting Fair Market Value , Black's Law Dictionary (6th ed. 1990) ) ); see also Value , Fair Market Value , Black's Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014) ("The price that a seller is willing to accept and a buyer is willing to pay on the open market and in an arm's-length transaction; the point at which supply and demand intersect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tomal v. Anderson

3. “If a loss or injury to a party in an action or proceeding has been caused by the contempt, the court, in addition to the punishment imposed for the contempt, may give judgment in favor of the party aggrieved ... for a sum of money sufficient to indemnify that party and to satisfy the costs and disbursements of that party. The judgment and the acceptance of that amount is a bar to an action or proceeding by the aggrieved party for the loss or injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Angleton v. Cox