Gandy v. Gandy’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Townes Associates, Ltd. v. City of Greenville · Mimkon v. Ford · Cook v. Cobb · Thompson v. Brunson · Jones v. Ard
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“which strongly suggest[ed] that the best interest of the children would be served by allowing them to remain with the [m]other in Maine”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Burgess v. Arnold“Custody is based on a determination of the character, fitness, attitude[,] and inclinations on the part of each parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Burgess v. Arnold“In custody decisions, the best interest of the child is the paramount consideration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Burgess v. Arnold
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.