Cookson v. Cookson’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
126 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 127 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Gaudio v. Gaudio (1990), Kimberly-Clark Corp. v. Dubno (1987)
126 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 Santosky v. Kramer · Addington v. Texas · National Labor Relations Board v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n · Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester · In re Juvenile Appeal (83-CD)
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 127 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to maintain a reasonable degree of interest, concern, or responsibility as to the welfare of the child. . . .”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“failed to achieve such degree of personal rehabilitation as would encourage the belief that within a reasonable time, considering the age and needs of the child . . . [they] could assume a responsible position in the life of the child.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“. . .make or modify any proper order regarding the education and support of (minor children) and of care, custody, and visitation. . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.