Williams v. Townsend’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
July 2012
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Adoption of Herman · Marcum v. Cotter
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Consent to adoption is not required from ... A parent of the child in the custody of another person, if for a period of at least one (1) year the parent ... knowingly fails to provide for the care and support of the child when able to do so as required by law or judicial decree.”
2 later decisions 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.