Simpson v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2010
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pulliam v. Smith · Teague v. Teague · 81 N.C. App. 337 - Best v. Best · 138 N.C. App. 538 - Metz v. Metz
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.
“[T]he reformed lifestyle of a parent who was not originally awarded custody of the child can form the basis of a modification of custody.”
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.