In Re M---P---S’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently October 2005 · most notably State v. Evans (1991), In the Interest of C. L. M. (1981)
25 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 Varble Ex Rel. Varble v. Stanley · Brawley v. Esterly · Hogue v. Wurdack · Wells v. City of Jefferson · Vance v. State
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] parent, as natural guardian, would have the right to claim the privilege on behalf of his child when it would be to the best interests of the minor to do so.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * In a situation such as the present one, where it is impossible to render a final judgment because the principal issue was not adequately developed below, and the record indicates that the necessary evidence may be available, a wise exercise of our discretion requires that the judgment be reversed and that the case be remanded for a new trial. Hetzler v. Millard, 348 Mo. 198 , 153 S.W.2d 355 ; Daggs v. McDermott, 327 Mo. 73 , 34 S.W.2d 46 ; Oliver v. Oliver, Mo.App., 325 S.W.2d 33 .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Swan v. Shelton · Rodden v. Rodden
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.