Richards v. Bruce’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Beegan v. Schmidt · New England Whitewater Center, Inc. v. Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife · Shaw v. Bolduc · Gurski v. Culpovich · Gerber v. Peters
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“offers the court a compendium of information that aids the court in determining the best interests of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[P]ro se litigants are held to the same standards as represented litigants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“when the court has reason for special concern as to the welfare”
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.