In re Michael B.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
October 1989
most recently cited
12 state decisions
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[a] proceeding to terminate parental rights involves the State's intrusion into the most fundamental and private of social bonds that of the family. The warmth and complexity of such relationships should not be assessed against the typed words of a cold record.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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