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28 canonical passages across 23 cases, quoted by 2,578 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Manalapan Realty v. Township Committee of the Township of Manalapan.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manalapan Realty v. Township Committee of the Township of Manalapan Anchor | green | “a trial court's interpretation of the law and the legal consequences that flow from established facts are not entitled to any special deference.” | 754 |
| 2 | Cesare v. Cesare | green | “the general rule is that findings by the trial court are binding on appeal when supported by adequate, substantial, credible evidence.” | 364 |
| 3 | Silver v. Silver | green | “must determine whether the plaintiff has proven, by a preponderance of the credible evidence, that one or more of the predicate acts set forth in n.j.s.a. 2c:25-19(a) has occurred.” | 257 |
| 4 | Cesare v. Cesare | green | “because of the family courts' special jurisdiction and expertise in family matters, appellate courts should accord deference to family court factfinding.” | 187 |
| 5 | Rova Farms Resort, Inc. v. Investors Insurance Co. of America | green | “findings by the trial judge are considered binding on appeal when supported by adequate, substantial and credible evidence.” | 155 |
| 6 | Silver v. Silver | green | “is most often perfunctory and self-evident, the guiding standard is whether a restraining order is necessary, upon an evaluation of the factors set forth in n.j.s.a. 2c:25-29(a)(1) to -29(a)(6), to protect the victim from an immediate danger or to prevent further abuse.” | 113 |
| 7 | Susan Marie Harte v. David Richard Hand | green | “accord particular deference to the family part because of its 'special jurisdiction and expertise' in family matters.” | 92 |
| 8 | Gnall v. Gnall (073321) | green | “we defer to the credibility determinations made by the trial court because the trial judge 'hears the case, sees and observes the witnesses, and hears them testify,' affording it 'a better perspective than a reviewing court in evaluating the veracity of a witness.” | 77 |
| 9 | D.N. v. K.M. | green | “in our review of a trial court's order entered following trial in a domestic violence matter, we grant substantial deference to the trial court's findings of fact and the legal conclusions based upon those findings.” | 70 |
| 10 | Reese v. Weis | green | “legal conclusions, and the application of those conclusions to the facts, are subject to our plenary review.” | 64 |
| 11 | Milne v. Goldenberg | green | “great deference to discretionary decisions of family part judges,” | 62 |
| 12 | J.D. v. M.D.F. | green | “some evidence that the actor's conscious object was to alarm or annoy; mere awareness that someone might be alarmed or annoyed is insufficient.” | 53 |
| 13 | Silver v. Silver | green | “is whether the court should enter a restraining order that provides protection for the victim.” | 47 |
| 14 | State v. Brown | green | “assure the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from abuse the law can provide.” | 42 |
| 15 | Maura Ricci, N/K/A Maura McGarvey v. Michael Ricci and | green | “all legal issues are reviewed de novo.” | 40 |
| 16 | Cesare v. Cesare | green | “the scope of appellate review of a trial court's fact-finding function is limited.” | 28 |
| 17 | Hes v. Jcs | green | “a finding of a purpose to harass may be inferred from the evidence presented' and from common sense and experience.” | 27 |
| 18 | Seidman v. Clifton Savings Bank | green | “subject to a limited and well-established scope of review.” | 25 |
| 19 | R.G. v. R.G. | green | “requires the conduct must be imbued by a desire to abuse or control the victim.” | 20 |
| 20 | Clark v. Clark | green | “we will reverse only if we find the trial judge clearly abused his or her discretion.” | 19 |
| 21 | Maura Ricci, N/K/A Maura McGarvey v. Michael Ricci and | green | “discretionary determinations, supported by the record, are examined to discern whether an abuse of reasoned discretion has occurred.” | 17 |
| 22 | New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Serv. v. Zpr | green | “trial judge's findings are not entitled to that same degree of deference if they are based upon a misunderstanding of the applicable legal principles.” | 15 |
| 23 | State v. Burkert | green | “repeated communications directed at a person that reasonably put that person in fear for his safety or security or that intolerably interfere with that person's reasonable expectation of privacy.” | 14 |
| 24 | Dolce v. Dolce | green | “entitled to considerable weight with respect to their validity and enforceability' in equity, provided they are fair and just” | 12 |
| 25 | Sheehan v. Sheehan | green | “entitled to great weight and will not be lightly disturbed on appeal.” | 10 |
| 26 | New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency v. A.B. | green | “the focus of title 9 'is not the” | 7 |
| 27 | Nj Div. v. Mc III | green | “title 9 controls the adjudication of abuse and neglect cases.” | 4 |
| 28 | Walid v. IRENE COUTURE, INC. | green | “our review of a trial judge's legal conclusions is de novo.” | 3 |
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