Hays v. Hays’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 1986
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fulco v. Fulco · Decker v. Landry · Messner v. Messner · Tiffee v. Tiffee · Guillory v. Guillory
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A. In all cases of separation and divorce, permanent custody of the child or children shall be granted to the husband or the wife, in accordance with the best interest of the child or children."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.