Spillman v. Parker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. . . the adopted person and his lawful descendants are relieved of all of their legal duties and divested of all of their legal rights with regard to the blood parent or parents and other blood relatives, except the right of inheritance from them.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Massey v. Parker · 376 So. 2d 568 - Prentice v. Parker

2. “. . . This sealed package shall be opened only on the order of a competent court either upon its own motion, or upon the demand of the adopted child or the adoptive parent, or the state registrar.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 375 So. 2d 693 - Kirsch v. Parker · 369 So. 2d 1310 - Massey v. Parker