Girard v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently September 2023 · most notably Moore v. Asente (2003), Czapranski v. Czapranski (2003)
2 federal appellate · 36 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 Stanley v. Illinois · Lehr v. Robertson · Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform · Matter of Guardianship of Doney · In Re Adoption No. A91-71A
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he importance of the familial relationship, to the individuals involved and to the society, stems from the emotional attachments that derive from the intimacy of daily association, and from the role it plays in "promot[ing] a way of life" through the instruction of children ... as well as from the fact of blood relationship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. In Re CRO“is not limited to having actual, immediate control of the physical presence of the child. Rather, this phrase relates to the custodial rights involved in the care and control of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duncan v. Barr“when considered in conjunction with his actions to maintain contact with his children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Duncan v. Barr
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.