LaChapelle v. Mitten’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
10
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stanley v. Illinois · Meyer v. State of Nebraska · Wisconsin v. Yoder · Moore v. City of East Cleveland · Carey v. Population Services International
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because this court is limited in its function to correcting errors it cannot create public policy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The right to travel includes the right to ‘live and settle down anywhere one chooses in this country without being disadvantaged because of that choice.’ The nature of the disadvantage or hardship involved is important to the level of review a restriction on the right to travel receives. In this case the hardship imposed on [the custodial parent] is the loss of sole physical custody of her daughter if she does not return to Minnesota. This implicates the fundamental right to raise one’s child, which triggers the application of strict scrutiny. The deprivation of fundamental rights is subject to strict scrutiny and may only be upheld if justified by a compelling state interest. The compelling state interest in this case is the protection of the best interests of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The equal protection guarantees prevent the government from making distinctions among people when applying the law unless the distinction serves a legitimate governmental interest. In Minnesota, custody decisions are based on the best interests of the child. The focus in applying the best-interests standard is on the child, not the parents, and therefore the standard applies equally to all parents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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