Ex Parte Anonymous’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"` Section 26-17-6(c) provides that a man claiming to be the biological father can seek a determination of a fatherchild relationship if the child has no presumed father. Here, since the child's presumed father is the husband, the third party would not have standing under the [UPA].... The legislature explicitly chose not to grant standing to one claiming to be the natural father of a child with a presumed father. '"”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. P.G. v. G.H. · 857 So. 2d 823 - Pg v. Gh

2. “"It would be contradictory to say that even though the third party had no standing, he could still bring an action under the Declaratory Judgment Act, [Ala.] Code 1975, § 6-6-220 et seq. The Declaratory Judgment Act is a general statute authorizing certain actions and should not be held to preempt a specific body of law dealing with paternity."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bnp Ex Rel. Jf v. Dmp