Showalter v. Sandlin’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1985
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Bragg · Weathersby v. Jordan
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“handling divorce or habeas corpus cases involving the custody of a child or children” to transfer the question of the”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Parker v. Parker
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.