Patel v. Patel’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2015
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wrightson v. Wrightson · Anderson v. Anderson · Scott v. McLaughlin
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the trial court may consider the conduct of the parties on the issue of custody, [cit.], the court ultimately must decide the custody question based on the best interest of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Todd v. Todd
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.