A. v. M. F.’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 1993
most recently cited
3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Upon the filing of this petition the court acquired full and complete jurisdiction, by the very terms of the statute itself, to inquire into the facts and to make such orders as to the custody of the child as may be for the child's best interests; not the best interests of the parent or of the proposed adoptive parent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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