Kent v. Burdick’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2002
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stanley v. Illinois · Quilloin v. Walcott · 460 So. 2d 368 - Nero v. McWhite · 97 So. 2d 18 - State Ex Rel. Sparks v. Reeves · In Re Guardianship of DA McW.
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.
“It is a basic proposition that a parent has a natural legal right to enjoy the custody, fellowship and companionship of an offspring. Kent v. Burdick, 591 So.2d 994, 996 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). The only limitation to this rule of parental privilege is that between parent and child, the ultimate welfare of the child must be controlling. Id.”
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.