Ex Parte Anonymous’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently July 2017
15 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · Bellotti v. Baird · Bellotti v. Baird · City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) That the minor is mature and well-informed enough to make the abortion decision on her own; or (2) That performance of an abortion would be in the best interest of the minor.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There being no evidence supporting a finding that the abortion is not in the minor's best interest and overwhelming evidence that it is, the trial court erred in denying the waiver of consent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The facts that the minor is a ward of the State, that she has no family to turn to for support ..., and that her family has a history of psychological problems, all add to the facts of her tender years and her only 'fair' (not 'good') prognosis for delivery of the baby in indicating that it is not in her best interest to carry to term and deliver."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.