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← 256 N.C. App. 34 - Moriggia v. Castelo

256 N.C. App. 34 - Moriggia v. Castelo’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 149 N.C. App. 320 - Aubin v. Susi · Adams v. Tessener · 145 N.C. App. 391 - Fuller v. Easley · 190 N.C. App. 209 - Mason v. Dwinnell · 130 N.C. App. 389 - Ellison v. Ramos

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

  1. “allege facts demonstrating a sufficient relationship with the child and then must demonstrate that the parent has acted in a manner inconsistent with his or her protected status as a parent.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “that the legal parent acted in a manner inconsistent with his or her constitutionally-protected status as a parent.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[C]onduct rising to the statutory level warranting termination of parental rights is unnecessary. Rather, unfitness, neglect, and abandonment clearly constitute conduct inconsistent with the protected status parents may enjoy. Other types of conduct can also rise to this level so as to be inconsistent with the protected status of natural parents.”
    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.