Doe v. Irwin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is an invasion of parental rights to require them to anticipate in advance the multitude of situations which may act upon their children and prepare them in advance to deal with any moral question that may arise in the course of that child's young life, particularly where the parent is prevented from being made aware of the actions of a state-run agency which facilitate a situation inimical to the values the parents are attempting to teach their children.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Doe v. Irwin

2. “. . . so long as the defendant Center continues to treat children in a manner whereby the parents of those children cannot become aware of the contact . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Doe v. Irwin

3. “these actions are carried out in an atmosphere of secrecy which fails to put parents on notice as to the state's actions relative to their children . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Doe v. Irwin