Drury v. Tabares’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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 state recognizes the fundamental importance of the parent-child relationship to the welfare of the child, and that the relationship between the child and each parent should be fostered unless inconsistent with the child's best interests.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Drury v. Tabares

2. “parties have agreed to have the children an equal number of overnights. The court's plan preserves that arrangement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Drury v. Tabares

3. “such would reduce the amount of income available to the mother below acceptable legislative directives.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Drury v. Tabares