Heyer v. Bayless’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1999
most recently cited
6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“on recompensing the custodial parent for her or his necessary expenses in regaining custody wrongfully withheld. It is remedial in nature and designed to make whole the parent wrongfully denied custody by returning that parent to the prior status as near as is possible which includes the attendant expenses and attorney’s fees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bliss v. Bliss
How this case has been treated — in progress
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