Murrell v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'the only circumstances [where] the grandparent visitation statute clearly divests parents of the right to decide what is in their child's best interest and gives that determination to the district court vesting grandparents with the standing to pursue visitation rights over the objections of the parents.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. BIRTCIEL v. JONES · Marriage of Hillhouse v. Fitzpatrick

2. “[a) parent's right to make decisions as to care, custody, compan-fonship, and management of his or her children is a fundamental right protected by the federal and state constitutions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Muscato ex rel. Butler v. Moore · In Re C.L.D. v. Duke

3. “are limited to those conferred by statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marriage of Hillhouse v. Fitzpatrick · Marriage of Craig v. Craig