Parham v. Parham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “balance the alleged injustice suffered by the party moving for relief against the interests of the winning party and societal interest in the finality of litigation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Tharp · Evans v. Evans

2. “On motion and upon such terms as are just the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a judgment, including a judgment by default, for the following reasons: [[Image here]] (8) any reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment, other than those reasons set forth in sub-paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Marriage of Kz and Mh

3. “[w]ife's motion to submit a revised QDRO informed the court that the part of the decree distributing the pension was for all intents and purposes a nullity and, as a result, that the trial court had not completely divided the parties' property. Thus, the trial court had an affirmative duty to amend the decree . . .”

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