Kimberly McLaughlin v. James Cotner’s Empirical Analysis
193 F.3d 410 · 1999
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently June 2023
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 McCarty v. McCarty · Ankenbrandt Lr Sr v. A Richards · Hiram Barber v. Huldah a Barber by Her Next Friend George Cronkhite · State of Ohio Popovici v. Agler · Tingler v. Marshall
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.
“attempting to disguise the true nature of the action”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his case thus involves issues arising out of conflict over a divorce decree, and according to Ankenbrandt, comes within the 'domestic relations exception.' . . . [T]he federal court lacks jurisdiction, as this case is not a tort or contract suit that merely has domestic relations overtones, but is one seeking a declaration of rights and obligations arising from marital status.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.