Cook v. Lodes’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
February 1986
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · L. H. Y. v. J. M. Y. · Kanady v. Kanady · In re Marriage of Roedel · State ex rel. Wright v. Poelker
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court shall not modify a prior custody decree unless ... it finds, upon the basis of facts that have arisen since the prior decree ..., that a change has occurred in the circumstances of the child or his custodian and that the modification is necessary to serve the best interest of the child. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) facts arising since the prior decree have given rise to change in circumstances of the child, or his custodian, and (2) modification is necessary to serve best interest of the child.”
1 later decision 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.