May v. Grandy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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

1. “1) The parent sharing his or her surname with the minor has “abandoned the natural ties ordinarily existing between parent and child,” 2) The parent sharing his or her surname with the minor “has engaged in misconduct sufficient to embarrass the [minor] in the continued use” of the parent’s name, 3) The minor “otherwise will suffer substantial detriment” by bearing the surname he or she currently bears, or 4) The minor “is of sufficient age and discretion to make an intelligent choice and . . . desires that [his or her] name be changed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Spero v. Heath