Theriot v. Huval’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently March 2008
9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 390 So. 2d 1325 - Bordelon v. Bordelon · 383 So. 2d 1231 - Cleeton v. Cleeton · Tiffee v. Tiffee · 404 So. 2d 963 - Stephenson v. Stephenson · 371 So. 2d 769 - Schexnayder v. Schexnayder
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 separation of children of a family, though sometimes necessary, is a custodial disposition that courts seek to avoid. Normally, the welfare of these children is best served by leaving them together, so they can have the full benefit of companionship and affection. When feasible, a court should shape it orders to maintain family solidarity. (Quoting Tiffee v. Tiffee, 254 La. 381 , 223 So.2d 840 (La.1969)).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"A determination of the best interest of the children involves a consideration of the totality of the facts and circumstances of the children and the parents in each individual case." (Citations omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"... [I]t is proper to give more than casual consideration to the wishes of the children in light of their feelings of insecurity which would be experienced if placed with a certain parent ...."”
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.