Rogers v. Rogers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Having obtained jurisdiction to proceed in the suit for divorce and alimony, the district court had ample power to allow the amendment and to render the judgment awarding one tenth of the tract to Mrs. Rogers as alimony. If erroneous, which we do not decide, it was not void.” (p. 113.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Campbell v. Campbell

2. ““Assuming, but not deciding, that it is still necessary to describe in a petition for alimony the land sought to be applied, it must be held, within the principles fully discussed in the Sharp case, that the description was sufficient to give jurisdiction.” (p. 112.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Campbell v. Campbell