Chapman v. Varela’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2009
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lee v. Lee · Matter of Adoption of Doe · Galvan v. Miller · DeVaney v. Thriftway Marketing Corp. · Public Service Co. v. Diamond D Construction Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“11. Viola Varela used her position of confidence and power to her advantage to influence and control the actions and decisions of Gregoria C de Baca. 12. Viola Varela used her position of influence and control to manipulate the bank accounts of Gregoria C de Baca. 17. Viola Varela had an assertive and domineering personality. Gregoria C de Baca was submissive when around Viola. 18. Viola Varela attempted to poison the relationship between Gregoria C de Baca and her other children by making disparaging and derogatory remarks about them and attempting to restrict their access to Ms. C de Baca. 19. Viola Varela interfered with the efforts of Gregoria C de Baca to obtain independent legal counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chapman v. Varela
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.