Dey v. Cunningham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We feel it better practice for the court by written order to specifically delineate in detail what are reasonable visitation and custodial rights. We do not approve of the methodology used by the trial court in suggesting that the parties could purge themselves of the contempt order by entering into an agreement among themselves controlling the custodial and visitation rights. While such might appear on the surface to have a very salutary and practical effect in resolving the dispute, obviously in this case it did not. As hereinabove stated, the jurisdiction of the trial court over child custodial and visitation rights is a continuing one and should be exercised by the court in such detail and specificity of order as may be necessary to carry out the intent of the court. * * * The practice of utilizing a minor child as a shuttlecock to perpetuate a quarrel between former husband and wife is one we cannot too strongly condemn. It is, however, a practice with which district judges can and should deal strongly and forthrightly. Their orders should, when necessary, be clear and concise and they should not be slow in exercising their contempt powers to enforce their orders.”

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

2. “the record discloses that the parties were before the court several times and it is not surprising that the district judge rather obviously lost patience with the parties and their lack of ability to agree among themselves as to reasonable visitation rights.”

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