In Re Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
September 2014
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Troxel v. Granville · Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board · Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Garcia · Lewelling v. Lewelling
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a person, other than a foster parent, who has had actual care, control, and possession of the child for at least six months ending not more than 90 days preceding the date of the filing of the petition”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. in Re K.K.C. · In Re KKC
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.