LeClair v. LeClair’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably Curtis v. Kline (1995), Community Resources for Justice, Inc. v. City of Manchester (2007)
41 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 City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · California v. ARC America Corp. · State v. Ball · Carson v. Maurer · State v. Gravel
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[W]e must first determine the appropriate standard of review: strict scrutiny; fair and substantial relationship; or rational basis. Equal protection under the law does not forbid classifications, but requires us to examine the individual rights affected and the purpose and scope of the State-created classifications. We apply the strict scrutiny test, in which the government must show a compelling State interest in order for its actions to be valid, when the classification involves a suspect class based on race, creed, color, gender, national origin, or legitimacy, or affects a fundamental right. We apply the fair and substantial relation test to classifications involving important substantive rights, including the right to tort recovery, and the right to use and enjoy private real property subject to zoning regulations. Under this test, the classification must be reasonable, not arbitrary, and must rest upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation. Finally, we apply the rational basis test to claims in which the classification does not involve a suspect class, a fundamental right, or an important substantive right under our State Constitution. Under the rational basis test, legislation is presumed to be valid and will be sustained if the classification drawn by the statute is rationally related to a legitimate state interest. . . . Under the rational basis analysis, the party challenging the legislation has the burde”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In all cases where there shall be a decree of divorce or nullity, the court shall make such further decree in relation to the support, education, and custody of the children as shall be most conducive to their benefit and may order a reasonable provision for their support and education.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Gilmore“In a proceeding under this chapter, the court may set aside a portion of the property of the parties in a separate fund or trust ... for a child of the parties, who is 18 years of age or older, if the child is in college____”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Gilmore
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.