Swaab v. Swaab’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 246th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Worford v. Stamper · Gillespie v. Gillespie · Lewis v. TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INS. ASS'N · San Saba Energy, L.P. v. Crawford
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“engage[d] in a two pronged inquiry: (1) Did the trial court have sufficient information upon which to exercise its discretion; and (2) Did the trial court err in its application of discretion?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The best interest of the child shall always be the primary consideration of the court in determining the issues of conservatorship and possession of and access to the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re RTK
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.