In re D.E.’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
57 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 1901 (§ 2 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1902 (§ 3 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1903 (§ 4 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1912 (§ 102 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978)
Relies on Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · In re D.B. · Matter of Adoption of a Child of Indian Heritage · In Re the Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Action No. S-903. · In Re the Adoption of Riffle
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acts arbitrarily, without employment of conscientious judgment, or exceeds the bounds of reason resulting in substantial injustice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re B.Y. · In re Bessette“[T]he threshold questions of fact for district courts are (1) whether the court has reason to believe that a subject child may be an 'Indian child' and (2) whether an Indian tribe has conclusively determined the child is a member or eligible for tribal membership.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re L.A.G.“eligible for membership in an Indian tribe and is the biological child of a member of an Indian tribe.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re S.R.
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.