Roe v. Roe’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently April 2006 · most notably Bottoms v. Bottoms (1995), 27 Va. App. 426 - Piatt v. Piatt (1998)
33 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 Brown v. Brown · Smyth v. Midgett · City of Richmond v. Randall · Doe v. Doe · Kallas v. Kallas
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In all custody cases the controlling consideration is always the child's welfare and, in determining the best interest of the child, the court must decide by considering all the facts, including what effect a nonmarital relationship by a parent has on the child. The moral climate in which children are to be raised is an important consideration for the court in determining custody, and adultery is a reflection of a mother's moral values. An illicit relationship to which minor children are exposed cannot be condoned. Such a relationship must necessarily be given the most careful consideration in a custody proceeding."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“father's continuous exposure of the child to his immoral and illicit relationship renders him an unfit and improper custodian”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex Parte HH · Jp v. Pw“"We conclude that the best interests of the child will only be served by protecting her from the burdens imposed by such behavior, insofar as practicable. In the circumstances of this case, this necessitates not only a change of custody to the mother, but also a cessation of any visitations in the father's home, or in the presence of his homosexual lover, while his present living arrangements continue."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.