Simpson v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “to disturb the trial court's decision. The trial court did not err in denying Mother's writ of habeas corpus in August of 1997 nor her motion to reconsider [new trial]. ¶ 14 In conclusion, this court would offer the parties herein the final observation made by the court in the Osburn case:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re NLW

2. “In such cases three rights or interests are to be regarded: First, that of the parent; second, that of those who have for years discharged all the obligations of parents; and third, and chiefly, that of the child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re NLW

3. “Id. at ¶ 10, 681 P.2d at 83 (citations omitted) (emphasis added). ¶ 6 In deciding the Grover case, the supreme court noted that the trial court left custody with the grandparents, because the trial court found”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re NLW