White v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
6
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 193 Wis. 2d 649 - In Re Custody of HSHK · Owens v. State · E.N.O. v. L.M.M. · 228 Cal. App. 3d 831 - Nancy S. v. Michele G. · J.A.L. v. E.P.H.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We find it inappropriate to legislate judicially such a broad definition of the term ‘parent’ as relating to legal rights relating to child custody and/or visitation. Just as a grandparent who provides care and support to a child does not become recognized as being a parent (absent adoption) under Tennessee law, other persons are not recognized as being a parent under Tennessee law based only upon prior care and support of a child. These other persons include any unmarried persons who maintain a close intimate relationship with a child’s natural parent, whether they are of the same or opposite sex of that natural parent. ‘To allow the courts to award visitation—a limited form of custody—to a third person would necessarily impair the parents’ right to custody and control.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]bsent statutory authority establishing such a third-party's right to visitation, parents retain the right to determine with whom their children associate”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.