Lewis v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 2008
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wood v. Beard · 448 So. 2d 819 - Boyett v. Boyett · Peters v. Peters · 502 So. 2d 583 - Gordy v. Langner · Brinson v. Brinson
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The best interests of the child must be cautiously weighed against the rights of the biological parent, which it is also necessary for the court to consider. While it certainly could be in the interest of many children to be reared in homes other than that of their parents, that test standing alone cannot be used to deprive the parents of custody of their child.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.