Staton v. Shuler’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B. (2017), Daniels v. State (2010)
25 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 Santosky v. Kramer · Stanley v. Illinois · In re C. G. · Matter of Chad S. · In Re the Adoption of Darren Todd H.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“balances the parents' fundamental freedom from family disruption with the state's duty to protect children within its borders.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. IN THE MATTER OF J.J.P. · In Re MS“repeatedly recognized that the right of a parent to the care, custody, companionship and management of his or her child is a fundamental right protected by the federal and state constitutions.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Clear and convincing evidence is that measure or degree of proof which will produce in the mind of the trier of fact a firm belief or conviction as to the truth of the allegation sought to be established.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. HELLER v. BALLINGER · In Re MS
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.