Neal v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Although a mother has a superior right to her child over third persons, this right must yield to the superior right of the state to deprive her of care and custody of the child in the event the physical, mental and moral welfare of the child requires it. State v. Watson, 219 La. 265 , 26 So.2d 740 (1946). When the parent competes with nonparents of the child, the parent’s right to custody is superior, unless the parent is unable or unfit, having forfeited parental rights. Wood v. Beard, 290 So.2d 675 (La.1974). The ‘best interest rule’ applies whether the child is legitimate or illegitimate. Creppel v. Thornton, 230 So.2d 644 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1970).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 396 So. 2d 497 - Ingargiola v. Clesi