Laney v. Laney’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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

1. “"[a]lthough the ore tenus presumption applies to the trial court's findings of fact, no such presumption adheres to the trial court's application of the law to those facts. Ex parte Agee , 669 So.2d 102 , 104 (Ala. 1995). The [parties'] arguments are based upon the interpretation of certain provisions and terms in the parties' antenuptial agreement; such interpretations, like the interpretation of unambiguous contracts, are questions of law. See Agee , 669 So.2d at 105 ; Stacey v. Saunders , 437 So.2d 1230 , 1233 (Ala. 1983)."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Murphy v. Murphy · Yarbrough v. Yarbrough

2. “"Although the ore tenus presumption applies to the trial court's findings of fact, no such presumption adheres to the trial court's application of the law to those facts. Ex parte Agee , 669 So.2d 102 , 104 (Ala. 1995). The [parties'] arguments are based upon the interpretation of certain provisions and terms in the parties' . . . agreement; such interpretations, like the interpretation of unambiguous contracts, are questions of law. See Agee , 669 So.2d at 105 ; Stacey v. Saunders , 437 So.2d 1230 , 1233 (Ala. 1983)."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 909 So. 2d 827 - Wallace v. Wallace · 892 So. 2d 384 - Smith v. Smith