301 Ga. App. 441 - Cates v. Jamison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[u]pon the [grandparent’s] filing of an original action ... the court may grant any grandparent of the child reasonable visitation rights if the court finds the health or welfare of the child would be harmed unless such visitation is granted, and if the best interests of the child would be served by such visitation. The court shall make specific written findings of fact in support of its rulings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sheppard v. McCraney

2. “the contents of the final order were dictated by the trial court. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 345 - State v. Smith