Moore v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
102 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions — most recently May 2020 · most notably Jacobs v. Halloran (1998), 446 Pa. Super. 371 - Costello v. Costello (1995)
102 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 Karis v. Karis · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. Carson · McMillen v. McMillen · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Robinson v. Robinson · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Pierce v. Pierce
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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he appellate court is not bound by the deductions or inferences made by the trial court from its findings of fact, nor must the reviewing court accept a finding that has no competent evidence to support it. However, this ... does not vest in the reviewing court the duty or privilege of making its own determination. Thus an appellate court is empowered to determine whether the trial court’s incontrovertible factual findings support its factual conclusions, but it may not interfere with those conclusions unless they are unreasonable in view of the trial court’s findings; and thus represent a[n] ... abuse of discretion.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. T.B. v. L.R.M. · Clapper v. Harvey““In reviewing a custody order, an appellate court is not bound by findings of fact made by the trial court which are unsupported in the record, nor is it bound by the court’s inferences drawn from the facts. However, on issues of credibility and weight of the evidence, an appellate court defers to the findings of the trial judge, who has had the opportunity to observe the proceedings and the demeanor of witnesses. Only where it finds that the custody order is ‘manifestly unreasonable as shown by the evidence of record ...’ will an appellate court interfere with the trial court’s determination. Therefore, unless a trial court’s ruling represents a gross abuse of discretion, an appellate court will not interfere with its order awarding custody.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As we have cautioned the lower courts time and again, in order to assess the best interests and general welfare of the child or children, it is the duty of the trial judge to make the fullest possible inquiry in custody actions. All pertinent facts and circumstances surrounding the contesting parties must be fully explored and developed.”
2 later decisions 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.