Whitfield v. Whitfield’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
November 1985
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fulco v. Fulco · Decker v. Landry · Messner v. Messner · Tiffee v. Tiffee · Guillory v. Guillory
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The purpose of a custody determination is not to punish a parent for any past misconduct, it is rather to serve the best interest of the children of the marriage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Crowson v. Moseley
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.