State v. Graham’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. “(A) Except as otherwise provided herein, the court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction and shall be the sole court for initiating action: (1) Concerning any child living or found within the geographical limits of its jurisdiction: . . . . (b) Whose occupation, behavior, condition, environment or associations are such as to injure or endanger his welfare or that of others; . . . . (d) Who is alleged to have violated or attempted to violate any state or local law or municipal ordinance, regardless of where the violation occurred except as provided in Section 20-7-410 [now Section 63-3-520]; . . . . (3) Concerning any child seventeen years of age or over, living or found within the geographical limits of the court's jurisdiction, alleged to have violated or attempted to violate any State or local law or municipal ordinance prior to having become seventeen years of age and such person shall be dealt with under the provisions of this title relating to children. . . . . (B) Whenever the court has acquired the jurisdiction of any child under seventeen years of age, jurisdiction continues so long as, in the judgment of the court, it may be necessary to retain jurisdiction for the correction or education of the child, but jurisdiction shall terminate when the child attains the age of twenty-one years. Any child who has been adjudicated delinquent and placed on probation by the court remains under the authority of the court only until the expiration of the specified term of his ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Shaquille O'Neal B.

2. “who is alleged to have violated or attempted to violate any state or local law or municipal ordinance, regardless of where the violation occurred. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Shaquille O'Neal B.

3. “The family court is a statutory court created by the legislature and, therefore, is of limited jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Shaquille O'Neal B.