In Re Scheller’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin))
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · In Re Custody of Smith · 137 Wash. 2d 1 - Smith v. Stillwell-Smith · In Re Mays-Hooper · In Re Chambless
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by proving that denial ... of access to the child would significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional well-being”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“understandable sadness resulting from losing a family member and ... missing [her] grandparents”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.