300 So. 2d 802 - Case v. Stolpe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is not in the best interest of a small child to be shifted from parent to parent.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ballard v. Ballard · Lipsey v. Lipsey

2. “"Because since the good of the child is the chief concern of the court, no award will be made to one party merely as a reward for former virtuous conduct, nor denied to the other as a punishment for past misdeeds. For it sometimes happens that one who, under the lure of strong temptation, has grievously sinned, has yet repented and reformed and would train a child as wisely and well as if no such transgression had ever occurred. Nor should a parent be denied the custody merely because of adverse rumors of reputation without any proof of immoral acts, or of conduct which would reasonably indicate it." ( 220 Miss. at 218-19 , 70 So.2d at 534 ).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hodum v. Crumpton · 435 So. 2d 697 - Kavanaugh v. Carraway

3. “In all cases where any child is of such tender age as to require the mother's care for its physical welfare it should be awarded to her custody, at least until it reaches that age and maturity where it can be equally well cared for by other persons.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hodum v. Crumpton