Scott v. Singleton’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 1996
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 322 So. 2d 22 - Dinkel v. Dinkel · 62 So. 2d 907 - Cone v. Cone · 284 So. 2d 701 - Brannan v. Brannan
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“welfare and interest of the two minor children will best be served by their remaining in the custody of the grandmother.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he right of a natural parent to custody of his child is secondary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he best interest of the child is the test in custody cases”
1 later decision 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.