Chesonis v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 2015
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ellison v. Ford Motor Co. · K.S. v. S.H. · Hardinger v. Kimberly · Brennan v. Kulick · Chadwick v. Nielsen
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The parental rights of their son having been surrendered, the Chesonises did not fit within the statutory definition of 'grandparent' and, thus, lacked standing to bring a petition for visitation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lindsay v. Walker“'Grandparent' means a person whose child, either by blood, marriage, or adoption, is the parent of the grandchild.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lindsay v. Walker
How this case has been treated — in progress
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