In re Luis C.’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
462 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 462 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably In re Valerie D. (1992), In re Baby Girl B. (1992)
462 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 Roe v. Wade · Stanley v. Illinois · Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester · In re Juvenile Appeal (83-CD) · Flick v. United States
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 462 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as it relates to the needs of the particular child”
95 later decisions quote this exact passage“be able to assume full responsibility for [a] child, unaided by available support systems.”
32 later decisions quote this exact passage“such degree of personal rehabilitation as would encourage the belief that within a reasonable time, considering the age and needs of the child, such parent could assume a responsible position in the life of the child.”
31 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.