Nevelos v. Railston’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently February 1994 · most notably Huey v. Lente (1973), Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Heim (1976)
2 federal appellate · 49 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
Relies on Matter of Cozza · Susko Adoption Case · Adoption of Strauser Ex Rel. Lucas v. Strauser · Wallace v. Blanchard · 25 Cal. App. 651 - Matter of Petition of Kelly
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The relationship between parent and child is a bundle of human rights of such fundamental importance that it is generally held that consent is at the very foundation of adoption statutes and that adoption statutes being in derogation of common law are to be construed strictly in favor of the parent and the preservation of the relationship." [Emphasis added.] Nevelos v. Railston, 65 N.M. 250 , 335 P.2d 573 (1959).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Huey v. Lente · Doe v. Roe““ * * * where the parent or parents or guardian have wilfully failed to maintain and support the child, when obligated and financially able to do so * * *»”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“clear and satisfactory, something almost akin to proof beyond a reasonable doubt, or by `clear and indubitable evidence.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.