Don’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
3
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Little v. Streater · Miller v. Rhay · Commonwealth v. Daye · Commonwealth v. Amirault
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are both specific and detailed, demonstrating, as we require, that close attention was given to the evidence.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“prove clearly and convincingly that the [father is] currently unfit to provide for the welfare and best interests of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Xola. Adoption of Quentin , 424 Mass. 882 , 886 (1997).”
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.