Turner v. Whisted’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably In Re Mark M. (2001), Langston v. Riffe (2000)
58 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 Stanley v. Illinois · Lehr v. Robertson · Quilloin v. Walcott · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · Michael v. Gerald D
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Consideration of the stability of the child’s current home environment, whether there is an ongoing family unit, and the child’s physical, mental, and emotional needs. An important consideration is the child’s past relationship with the putative father. Finally, other factors might even include the child’s ability to ascertain genetic information for the purpose of medical treatment and genealogical history.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage““We believe that a trial court ought to be able to consider and balance the different interests that were separately recognized by the majority and the dissent in Michael H. A discovery request for blood tests allows the court to weigh these competing interests. Most significantly, the determination of good cause allows the court discretion to consider the best interests of the child. Matter of Marriage of Ross, 245 Kan. 591 , 783 P.2d 331, 338 (1989) (Trior to ordering a blood test to determine whether the presumed parent is the biological parent, the district court must consider the best interests of the child----’); McDaniels v. Carlson, 108 Wash.2d 299 , 738 P.2d 254, 261 (1987) (where child is presumed legitimate, best interests of the child should be considered before ordering blood tests).””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[his] commitment to the responsibilities of parenthood,”
3 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.