433 So. 2d 705 - Everett v. Everett’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently June 2013 · most notably Ellis v. Carucci (2007), Dungan v. Dungan (1986)
55 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 · 410 So. 2d 1105 - Johnston v. McCullough · Everett v. Everett · Everett v. Everett
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The best interest of the child is the sole criterion in a change of custody case. La.Civ.Code arts. 157A and 146E; Bordelon v. Bordelon, 390 So.2d 1325 (La.1980). Stability and continuity must be considered in determining what is in the best interest of the child. Johnston v. McCullough, 410 So.2d 1105 (La.1982); Bordelon v. Bordelon, supra. Upon appellate review, the determination of the trial judge is entitled to great weight and will not be disturbed unless a clear showing of abuse of discretion is made.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Goodman v. Goodman · Price v. Price
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.