Adams v. Mallory’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably Walter v. Gunter (2002), Banegura v. Taylor (1988)
28 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 Schmerber v. State of California · Unnamed Attorney v. Attorney Grievance Commission · Maryland-National Capital Park v. Crawford · Md.-Nat'l Cap. P. & P. Comm'n v. Crawford · Himes v. Day
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Declaration of paternity final. — Except in the manner and to the extent that any order or decree of an equity court is subject to the revisory power of the court under any law, rule, or established principle of practice and procedure in equity, a declaration of paternity in an order is final. (b) Other orders subject to modification. — Except for a declaration of paternity, the court may modify or set aside any order or part of an order under this subtitle as the court considers just and proper in light of the circumstances and in the best interests of the child.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Ordinarily, the court will have to determine the relief to be awarded against the defaulting party before there is a final judgment on the claim involved in the default. Rule 2-613(e) makes this clear by providing that “[i]f in order to enable the court to enter judgment, it is necessary to take an account or to determine the amount of damages or to establish the truth of any averment by evidence or to make an investigation of any matter, the court may ... conduct hearings[.]””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"[T]he defendant is under no obligation to file a written answer to the complaint. Id. at § 5-1012(a) and (c). If he does not respond in writing or does not admit any of the material allegations of the complaint in open court, the court is required to enter a general denial of the complaint on his behalf. Id. at § 5-1012(c). It follows from this requirement of section 5-1012(c) that the court may not enter a default order or a default judgment if the alleged father does not answer the complaint. Cf. Md. Rules 2-302; 2-321; 2-323; 2-613. "The same concept is recognized in the statute's special discovery apparatus the State's Attorney's pretrial inquiry. Id. at § 5-1019. Under this provision, the State's Attorney may, before or after a complaint is filed, `issue a summons that requires a person, other than the alleged father, to appear, to testify, and to produce documents connected with the examination.' Id. at § 5-1019(b)(1) (emphasis added).... "At the trial itself, the `alleged father may not be compelled to give evidence.' Id. at § 5-1028(d). No comment on or reference to his failure to testify is permitted. Id. at § 5-1027(c)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Eagan v. Ayd
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.