DeSantis v. Pegues’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Santosky v. Kramer · Armstrong v. Manzo · Mullin v. Phelps · Highgate Associates, Ltd. v. Merryfield
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless its discretion was exercised upon unfounded considerations or to an extent clearly unreasonable upon the facts presented.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]e uphold the court's legal conclusions if they are supported by the findings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“real, substantial and unanticipated change of circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.