State v. Jefferson’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Canter v. Koehring Company · 296 So. 2d 813 - Warren v. Richard · 422 So. 2d 1151 - Malek v. Yekani-Fard · 346 So. 2d 1345 - Succession of Matte · 422 So. 2d 586 - Fontenot v. Thierry
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Although the witnesses testifying as to the filiation were presented by the plaintiff, the trial court found them believable. Reasonable evaluations of such credibility should not be disturbed on appeal. Carter v. Koehring, (sic) 283 So.2d 716 (La.1973)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"informal acknowledgement can prove filiation and that `courts have generally been reluctant to find an acknowledgement (or proof of paternity) unless the father continuously and unequivocally recognize the child as his own.'"”
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.