Black v. Black’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
68 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently November 1980 · most notably Decker v. Landry (1955), Messner v. Messner (1960)
68 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 Higginbotham v. Lofton · Brewton v. Brewton · Newson v. Newson · Newson v. Newson · Kammer v. Reed
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The age and sex of the child are important considerations, and the preference is always given to the mother who is not shown to be unsuitable therefor in awarding custody of children, especially girls. Brewton v. Brewton, 159 La. 251 , 105 So. 307 ; Newson v. Newson, 176 La. 694 , 146 So. 472 ; Kammer v. Reed, 176 La. 1091 , 147 So. 357 ; Higginbotham v. Lofton, 183 La. 489 , 164 So. 255 ; Brupbacher v. Brupbacher, 192 La. 219 , 187 So. 555 ; Hattier v. Martinez, 195 La. 473 , 197 So. 146 .””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““In all cases of separation and of divorce the children shall be placed under the care of the party who shall have obtained the separation or divorce unless the judge shall, for the greater advantage of the children, order that some or all of them shall be entrusted to the care of the other party.” * * *”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"* * * It is the duty of a father to contribute to the support of his child. Civil Code, art. 229. This duty rests upon the father during the minority of the children and is not effected by divorce or separation. The fact that Mrs. Black is earning more than Mr. Black does not relieve Mr. Black of the obligation of contributing to the support of his children, although it may justify the award of a less amount than would be granted in case Mrs. Black was in necessitous circumstances."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.