Marshall v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]here is a serious immediate question concerning the welfare of the children if immediately delivered to the Relator Janeann Grimes. The children, Jennifer Grimes and Julie Grimes, would suffer physical and emotional harm if immediately delivered to the Relator. And, in addition, the Relator has pending criminal charges both misdemeanor and felony against her in the State of Illinois which may or may not result in her confinement in a penal institution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grimes v. Flores · In Re Bradshaw

2. “Spelled out, Section 14.10(d) means that when William Pacheco goes to Tennessee and kidnaps a child, and the managing conservator follows the child to Texas, she may institute a habeas corpus proceeding at which she will win by mere proof that she has an order making her the managing conservator. While she is in Johnson County or elsewhere in Texas seeking to compel the return of the child, she may not be served with civil process. Moreover, she is not subject to the jurisdiction of any civil court except the court in which the writ of habeas corpus is pending. She is subject to the jurisdiction of that court only for the purpose of prosecuting the writ of habeas corpus. (Emphasis ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Dixon

3. “(d) While in this state for the sole purpose of compelling the return of a child through a habeas corpus proceeding, the relator is not amenable to civil process and is not subject to the jurisdiction of any civil court except the court in which the writ is pending and in that court only for the purpose of prosecuting the writ.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Dixon