120 N.C. App. 480 - Lambert v. Riddick’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 2000
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Reno v. Flores · Quilloin v. Walcott · Ballew v. Georgia · Petersen v. Rogers · McIntyre v. McIntyre
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“absent a finding that [natural] parents (i) are unfit or (ii) have neglected the welfare of their children, the constitutionally-protected paramount right of parents to custody, care, and control of their children must prevail.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“have lost custody as a result of some unlawful action by a third party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“will best promote the interest and welfare of the child.”
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.