Barnae v. Barnae’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably Gallegos v. Pueblo of Tesuque (2002), Escobar v. Reisinger (2003)
28 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Marchman v. NCNB Texas National Bank · Strata Production Co. v. Mercury Exploration Co. · Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc. · 161 Wis. 2d 277 - In Interest of AEH · 228 Cal. App. 3d 831 - Nancy S. v. Michele G.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the fact that California courts at the very least do not grant standing to persons in [the partner’s] position means that the California courts are closed to her____ Here again, but for the fact that [the partner’s] lack of standing to assert any parental rights in California foreclosed the possibility of another proceeding, the factors usually considered [in addressing whether a forum is the most convenient] favor California. However, the lack of standing in California deprives the parties of an adequate alternative forum in which to resolve the custody dispute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[e]ven though the standard factors used to determine forum non conveniens . . . weigh in California's favor, that analysis is obviated by the fact that the California courts would dismiss this case if New Mexico were to relinquish jurisdiction,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chatterjee v. King“a person in a situation similar to [the petitioner's made a colorable claim of standing to assert a legal right to some type of continuing relationship with a child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chatterjee v. King
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.