Litoff v. Pinter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “After making an award of custody, the court shall, upon request of the noncustodial parent, grant such rights of visitation as will enable the child and the noncustodial parent to maintain a parent-child relationship that will be beneficial to the child, unless the court finds, after a hearing, that visitation is likely to endanger the child’s physical or emotional health.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fast v. Mayer

2. “clearly recognize that visitation with a noncustodial parent may be curtailed or eliminated entirely if it is likely to endanger the child's physical or emotional health.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Ibarra

3. “and only to the extent that [the child] wants to have contact with her father.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Ibarra