Donley v. Donley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “given that the legislature has created a disjunctive test, the parent can move to terminate under either prong”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morris v. Clark · In re Guardianship of E.M.R.

2. “Based on our holding in In re W.L. , here, ... [the mother] was a fit parent, revoked her consent to the guardianship, and the burden shifted to [the guardian] to demonstrate that the guardianship was still necessary or in [the child's] best interest. Stated differently, when [the mother] revoked her consent, the statute was triggered, the presumption applied and the burden shifted to [the guardian].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morris v. Clark

3. “to the circuit court to enter an order applying the correct standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morris v. Clark