Downs v. Wortman’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
June 1989
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. Wolff · Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. Hanley
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.
“A contract wherein a mother of a child agrees to adoption of her child by another in consideration of a monetary consideration to herself is void as against public policy. See Savannah Bank and Trust Co. v. Hanley, 208 Ga. 34 , 65 S.E.2d 26 . Where the monetary consideration is to flow to the child such a contract is not void as against public policy. See Savannah Bank and Trust Co. v. Wolff, 191 Ga. 111 , 11 S.E.2d 766 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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