Cherry v. Cherry’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. . . the court finding that sole custody in favor of [the father] clearly and convincingly to be in the best interest of the children, considering all pertinent facts and circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lucky v. Way · Poole v. Poole

2. “This was not the typical consent judgment presented to the judge for his signature by the parties without a hearing. The record reflects that this judgment was only agreed to by the parties after three days of hearings during the course of which sufficient evidence was entered into the record to substantiate the Bergeron factors. Accordingly, we find no error in the trial court's judgment * * * holding that the * * * custody order was a "considered judgment."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lucky v. Way