Nelson v. Herndon’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
December 1983
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 329 So. 2d 389 - Harden v. Thomas · Henderson 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“looks upon as her parents may not become her legal parents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Interest of AB
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.