YIU’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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.

1. “Chinese customary law permits adoption only for purposes of succession to the family [cult] and is limited to males,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. POON

2. “the adoption of strangers is prohibited and allowed only when a person has exhausted all his kindred,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. POON

3. “the adopted child must be of the same surname.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. POON