Wright v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
November 1971
most recently cited
8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That relief, was necessarily only temporary in nature and it could have no effect whatever upon the court’s final decision as to the ultimate rights of these parties or" as to the fundamental welfare of this child.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chamblee v. Chamblee
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.