In re Ryals’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"As we have said, this proceeding was instituted under R.S. 9:421-441, and there is nothing in this statute which requires a child whose parents are both dead to be voluntarily surrendered or declared abandoned or a foundling before he is available for adoption, nor is there any provision which requires the consent of a collateral relative, such as a brother. The child in the instant case has no father and no mother, and his brother is his closest relative. Under the law, however, the brother is not given as a matter of right the care and custody of the child, nor is there any legal duty or obligation upon the former to provide for the latter's support and maintenance. We know of no law under a case presenting facts such as these which requires that a child be voluntarily surrendered or declared abandoned or a foundling before he is available for adoption, and no law which requires the consent of a brother to such adoption."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 452 So. 2d 388 - Smith v. STATE, DIV. OF FAMILY SER., DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES · 406 So. 2d 266 - In Re Simon

2. “"Under the facts of this case, was the judgment granting the adoption of this minor to petitioners in the best interest of the child? If so, it should be affirmed, for under the adoption statute "the basic consideration for this decree and all others shall be the best interest of the child". R.S. 9:432."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 406 So. 2d 266 - In Re Simon