877 So. 2d 740 - Mathieu v. Mathieu’s Empirical Analysis

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24 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n the usual case, we will treat the lack of adequate findings as an unpreserved error unless previously brought to the trial court's attention.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Colin v. Colin · 987 So. 2d 806 - Anaya v. Anaya

2. “subject to one caveat: Since the principal reason for findings of fact in these cases is to allow for meaningful appellate review ..., if the court determines on its own that its review is hampered, we may, at our discretion, send the case back for findings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 47 So. 3d 389 - Mondello v. Torres · 927 So. 2d 981 - Matajek v. Skowronska

3. “issue was not brought to the attention of the trial judge by a motion for rehearing and thus, has not been preserved for appellate review”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. J.G. v. Dep't of Children & Families