Bell v. Hinkle’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 1986
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Guidry v. Denkins
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. If he is born or conceived before or during the marriage of his father and mother; 2. If he is legitimized by court decree as provided in Chapter 13 of the Family Code; or 3. If the father has executed a statement of paternity as provided in Section 13.22 of the Family Code or a like statement properly executed in another jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reed v. Campbell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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