Thomas v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
3
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Douglas v. People of State of California · Boddie v. Connecticut · M. L. B. v. S. L. J. · Garcia on Behalf of Garcia v. La Farge
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We will overturn the trial court's decision only for abuse of discretion, and we will uphold the court's findings if supported by substantial evidence.”
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.