State ex rel. Day v. Parker’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1955
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ross v. Ross · Pra v. Gherardini · Hussey v. Whiting · Fletcher v. Hickman · Wilkinson v. Lee
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In this jurisdiction the welfare of the child is the controlling considera- • tion in determining custody.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bassett v. Bassett
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.