Paul v. Cloud’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
May 1988
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fulco v. Fulco · Wood v. Beard · 368 So. 2d 1139 - Girouard v. Halpin · 265 So. 2d 835 - Cole v. Cole · State ex rel. Bannister v. Bannister
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The evidence reveals that aside from two or three visits when Jason was an infant and one visit just prior to Wanda Paul's death, Mr. Paul has never in eleven years indicated any particular interest in his son.... "While we are unwilling to say that Mr. Paul has abandoned Jason or that he has forfeited the preferential right to custody which the law accords a parent, we do believe that at this time Jason and his father are virtual strangers to each other."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The evidence reveals that aside from two or three visits when Jason was an infant and one visit just prior to Wanda Paul's death, Mr. Paul has never in eleven years indicated any particular interest in his son....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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