Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl’s Empirical Analysis
570 U.S. 637 · 2013
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 1901 (§ 2 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1902 (§ 3 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1903 (§ 4 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1912 (§ 102 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 25 U.S.C. § 1915 (§ 105 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978) · 42 U.S.C. § 671 (§ 471 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Troxel v. Granville · United States v. Lopez · Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. · Sosna v. Iowa
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to provide remedial services and rehabilitative programs designed to prevent the breakup of the Indian family.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“domestic relations is an area that has long been regarded as a virtually exclusive province of the States”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Perez v. Cissna“any biological parent ... of an Indian child....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.