Nelson v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
December 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738A
Relies on State Ex Rel. Valles v. Brown · State Ex Rel. Department of Human Services v. Avinger · Olsen v. Olsen · Serna v. Salazar · Murphy v. Murphy
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.
“to avoid jurisdictional competition, to promote cooperation among state courts, and to assure that custody litigation ordinarily takes place in the state with which the child and the family have the closest connection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Vernon RV
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.