Nicholson v. Wolfe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t}rial courts have discretion to distribute retirement benefits either through a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) or through a lump[-Isum payout.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Faris v. Taylor · Edelman v. Edelman

2. “specifically found that a balancing of equities between the parties required invasion of the premarital holding”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edelman v. Edelman · Hansen v. Hansen

3. “act or acts that demonstrate the parties' intent to treat the [separate] property as marital,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Martin · Edelman v. Edelman