27 Cal. 3d 645 - Moffat v. Moffat’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 195 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 210 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably United States Robinson Rancheria Citizens Council v. Borneo Inc (1992), 27 Cal. App. 4th 1611 - Schultz v. Harney (1994)
9 federal appellate · 195 state decisions — followed in 17 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 7 Cal. 3d 94 - Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn. · 19 Cal. 3d 182 - Solberg v. Superior Court · 15 Cal. 3d 791 - Slater v. Blackwood · 25 Cal. 3d 891 - Consumers Lobby Against Monopolies v. Public Utilities Commission · Armstrong v. Armstrong
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 210 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mrs. Moffat had full opportunity to contest the propriety of the order at the time of the contempt hearing or, in the alternative, to seek review by an extraordinary writ. “[T]here is almost a presumption of negligence on the part of the aggrieved party who fails to seek these normal remedies and later raises the objection by collateral attack.” Indeed, her failure over the years to seek normal available remedies may be viewed as encouraging Mr. Moffat to rely on the validity of the order.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]n such circumstances the child's need for sustenance must be the paramount consideration.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“no forum for litigating disputes over interference with custody and visitation rights....”
2 later decisions 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.