Wheeler v. Kelley’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 1973
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on White v. White · Wheeler v. Wheeler · McGrady v. Brown · Rosa v. Underwood · Wheeler v. Wheeler
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.
““Our decisions make it abundantly clear that the paramount question is the best interest and welfare of the child. We consider it to be undeniable that where the custody of a child is before the court, the court may grant custody to the mother or father or to a third party, depending entirely on the best interest and welfare of the child. (Citing cases.)” In that case the custody of the child was ordered changed from the mother to the paternal grandmother, even though the father was in contempt, but his payment of the accrued installments was conditioned upon the delivery of the child to the father’s mother, the child then being outside the State of Alabama. ¡”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Andrews v. Sullivan
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.