Whitman v. Whitman’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
3
states following
April 1988
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dodge v. Dodge · Subrt v. Subrt · Bennett v. Bennett
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“burden of proof... to show the well-being of the children will be better served by the removal of the children. ...”
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.