In re T.C.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably In re T.S.B. (2008), In re J.C. (2008)
42 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Montanans for the Responsible Use of the School Trust v. State Ex Rel. Board of Land Commissioners · In re J.N. · Matter of RB · In re R.B. · In re M.J.W.
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“before a court may address the treatment plan, the court must first judge the child as a `youth in need of care.' ... Without such a determination, a court may not sever a parent's parental rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re BNY“were adjudicated as Youths in Need of Care ... on April 3, 2000.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re MO
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.