State v. McMillan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

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.

1. “"It is perfectly evident that unless and until a child is found to be neglected the Juvenile Court has no jurisdiction as to its custody. "In the case of In re Owen et al., 170 La. 255 , 127 So. 619 , we said [page 622]: "`The line of demarcation between the courts exercising general civil jurisdiction with respect to the care, custody, and control of minors and the juvenile courts is well defined. These courts, in dealing with the welfare and interest of minors under a given age, are entirely independent of each other. Where the contest is between the parents, or between a parent and a third person, as to who should have the control and care of the minor, the court exercising general civil jurisdiction is the proper and exclusive tribunal to decide the issue.' "To the same effect are the following cases: In re State in re Oswald, 177 La. 1007 , 150 So. 1 ; Brana v. Brana, 139 La. 305 , 71 So. 519 ; Buffington v. Goldman, 152 La. 647 , 94 So. 147 , and State in Interest of Bolin v. Bruce, 178 La. 1081 , 152 So. 911 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Cruse