Bruner v. Tadlock’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Both acts are designed to serve several purposes: to promote cooperation between states, to avoid relitigation and conflicting custody orders, to facilitate interstate enforcement of custody orders, to deter child abductions and improper retention of children, and to promote uniformity in jurisdictional laws so that custody and visitation may be determined in the state which can best decide the interest of the child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. Gray

2. “fundamental jurisdictional concept 'that the child's 'home state' should have preeminent authority to determine eustody and visitation and that authority should be respected elsewhere.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of Nc and Am, Minor Children, Sc and Fc, Iii v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services

3. “the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately before the commencement of a child eustody proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of Nc and Am, Minor Children, Sc and Fc, Iii v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services