SOARES’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
April 1977
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on 239 F. Supp. 531 - Nation v. Esperdy · 270 F. Supp. 516 - Andrade v. Esperdy · Burdick v. Allgood · ARGYROS
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . . in the legal custody of the legitimating parent or parents at the time of such legitimation”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. HARRIS
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.