LUM’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “a child adopted while under the age of 14 years if the child has thereafter been in the legal custody of, and has resided with the adoptive parent or parents for at least two years: Provided, that no natural parent of any such adopted child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. KIRBY