Boyle v. Boyle’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 1999
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gray v. United States · Burks v. Burks · Thayer v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · Irwin v. Irwin · Perry v. Perry
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.
“The controlling criteria for awarding custody by a court of this state shall always be what is in the best interest of the child, other statutory provisions merely being factors which may be considered.”
2 later decisions 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.