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← 54 CONNAPP 185 - In re David L.

In re David L.’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

43
cited by 43 later decisions
2
states following
July 2018
most recently cited

43 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably In Re Allison G. (2005), In re Amelia W. (2001)

43 state decisions

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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 Loisel v. Rowe · In re Juvenile Appeal (84-AB) · Peerless Insurance v. Nault · Chase Manhattan Bank v. AECO Elevator Co. · Sgarellino v. Hightower

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

  1. “Neglect [and uncared for] proceedings, as do termination of parental rights cases, consist of two phases: adjudication and disposition.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 11417 - In Re Corey-Thomas L., (Sep. 20, 2000) · 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 3562 - In Re Michael M., (Mar. 31, 2000)
  2. “The test for determining mootness is not [w]hether the [plaintiff] would ultimately be granted relief .... The test, instead, is whether there is any practical relief this court can grant the [plaintiff].”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. Town of Glastonbury v. Metro. Dist. Comm'n
  3. “being permitted to live under conditions, circumstances or associations injurious to his well-being. . . .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 3562 - In Re Michael M., (Mar. 31, 2000)

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.