Dixon v. Melton’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 1997
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 528 So. 2d 54 - In Interest of Mlm · 515 So. 2d 1309 - Dixon v. Melton · Fisher v. Fisher
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clearly embod[ies] a legislative finding that grandparental visitation, when in the best interest of the child, is also in the public interest.”
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.