Sherry’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 675 (§ 475 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Hickman v. Taylor · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Dwyer v. Globe Newspaper Co. · Kendall v. Selvaggio
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because foster parents often possess the most detailed and the most current information available, the Legislature had good reason to permit them to be heard. The best interests of the child are served by ensuring that judges have all the relevant information about the child at their disposal ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Adoption Gemma“Nothing in this provision shall be construed to provide that such foster parent, pre-adoptive parent or relative shall be made a party to the proceeding”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Adoption Gemma“we need not disturb a judgment when error did not affect the outcome.”
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.