639 F. Supp. 952 - H___ B___ v. Wilkinson’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently November 2012
8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · Bellotti v. Baird · H. L., Etc. v. Scott M. Matheson et al. · American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists v. Thornburgh · In Re TP
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may not be able intelligently to decide whether to have an abortion.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“minors often lack the experience, perspective, and judgment to recognize and avoid choices that could be detrimental to them.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Experience, perspective and judgment are often lacking in unemaneipated minors who are wholly dependent and have never lived away from home or had any significant employment experience.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Doe
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.