Douglas v. Douglas’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2016
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Matthews v. Matthews · Tyree v. Jackson · Munday v. Munday · In the Interest of A. J. · Dearman v. Rhoden
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“upon hearing a writ of habeas corpus for the detention of a child, is vested with a discretion in determining to whom its custody shall be given. Such discretion should be governed by the rules of law, [however,] and be exercised in favor of the party having the prima facie legal right to custody of the child unless the evidence shows that such person has lost the right to custody through one of the ways recognized in [OCGA §§ 19-7-1 and 19-7-4], or through unfitness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bales v. Lowery
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.