Steele v. Steele’s Empirical Analysis
168 F.2d 562 · 1948
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
July 1965
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Beausoliel v. United States · Boone v. Boone · Holtsclaw v. Mercer · 11 App. D.C. 392 - Wells v. Wells · Warner v. Warner
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * Nor are we impressed with the claim that the Court in awarding custody to the father lost jurisdiction because the father's residence is located in Maryland just across the borderline of the District. The Court's jurisdiction having already attached, continues undisturbed to the final conclusion of the case. ( Citing the above Code provision. )" Id., 83 U.S.App.D.C. at 256 , 168 F.2d at 564 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stevens v. Brown
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.