Bowman v. Bowman’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
April 1961
most recently cited
26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Ordinarily, the custody of a child of tender years, especially a girl, is awarded to the mother, unless it is shown she is a person of unfit character or is unable to provide a suitable home.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.