13 Kan. App. 2d 595 - Spradling v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 state decisions

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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The district court may grant the grandparents of an unmarried minor child reasonable visitation rights to the child during the child’s minority upon a finding that the visitation rights would be in the child’s best interests and when a substantial relationship between the child and the grandparent has been established.” ''”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 18 Kan. App. 2d 112 - Santaniello v. Santaniello · 16 Kan. App. 2d 164 - In Re the Adoption of J.M.U.

2. “costs and reasonable attorney fees shall be awarded to the respondent in an action filed pursuant to K.S.A. 38-129 et seq. unless the court determines that justice and equity otherwise require.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 16 Kan. App. 2d 164 - In Re the Adoption of J.M.U. · 30 Kan. App. 2d 865 - DeGraeve v. Holm

3. ““The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: ‘No State shall . . . deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.’ A parent’s right to establish a home and direct the upbringing and education of children has long been recognized as a fundamental right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. [Citations omitted.]””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re the Marriage of Kimbrell