Matthews v. Riley’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently September 2016
24 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738A
Relies on Kioukis v. Kioukis · Shute v. Shute · Columb v. Columb · Castle v. SHERBURNE CORPORATION · Slidell v. Valentine
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it appears that no other state would have jurisdiction under prerequisites substantially in accordance with subdivisions (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, or another state has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that [Vermont] is the more appropriate forum to determine the custody of the child, and it is in the best interest of the child that this court assume jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jackson v. Hendricks“(2) it is in the best interest of the child that a court of this state assume jurisdiction because: (A) the child and his parents, or the child and at least one contestant, have a significant connection with this state; and (B) there is available in this state substantial evidence concerning the child’s present or future care, protection, training, and personal relationships.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“For purposes of the UCCJA, a `proceeding' commences with the filing of a new petition for custody or modification of a custody determination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re BC
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.