Ewing v. Holt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “arbitrary number of hours in which a student must be enlisted”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re JAB · In Re JH

2. “[T]o require a father to aid in the support of his child, even if that child is over eighteen years of age, so long as that child was actively participating in studies which would lead to a high school diploma.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re JAB · In Re AB

3. “fully enrolled in an accredited secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re JH · In Re AB