Waters v. Magee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “General Laws 1956 § 15-5-16.2(a) provides that the Family Court shall order either or both parents owing a duty of support to a child to pay an amount based upon a formula and guidelines adopted by an administrative order of the Family Court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Joel Trojan v. Denise Trojan

2. “It is well established that the appropriate award of child support is to be determined by the trial justice in his or her sound discretion, and we shall not disturb such a determination on review absent a clear abuse of that discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Joel Trojan v. Denise Trojan

3. “No one factor is determinative; rather, the trial justice should consider a combination of and an interaction among all the relevant factors.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re: Guardianship of A.C.