People v. C.A.’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 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. § 1922 (§ 112 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978)
Relies on Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · BH v. People Ex Rel. XH · People ex rel. L.L.
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a child-custody proceeding may not comply with ICWA and thus may deny ICWA protections to Indian children and their families.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stockwell v. Dees
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.