McRae v. Lamb’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
4
states following
December 1965
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Legate v. Legate · State Ex Rel. Wood v. Deaton · Powers v. First Natl. Bank of Corsicana · Gillian v. Day · In re Adoption of a Minor
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Withdrawal of natural parent’s consent to proposed adoption of minor child must be supported by good cause shown and passed on by trial judge as chancellor, with power as parens patriae, to diagnose child’s case and prescribe treatment for its future, and he must be satisfied that best interests of child, as well as of other persons concerned, will be served by permitting withdrawal of consent theretofore freely and voluntarily given, to justify denial of adoption on such ground.””
1 later decision 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.