Gilbert v. Gilbert’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently May 2024 · most notably Cloutier v. Blowers (2001), Meyer v. Meyer (2001)
29 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 Harris v. Harris · Doria v. University of Vermont · Nickerson v. Nickerson · Cullin v. State · Bissonette v. Gambrel
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To prevail on a motion for stay, the moving party must demonstrate: (1) a strong likelihood of success on the merits; (2) irreparable injury if the stay is not granted; (3) the stay will not substantially harm other parties; and (4) the stay will serve the best interests of the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If we could be sure that the [inadmissible evidence] played no role in the court's decision, we would not reverse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Leggett“evaluating the best interests of the child”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Velardo v. Ovitt
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.