In re S.G.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(A) physical custody and the determination of where and with whom the minor shall live; (B) the right and duty to protect, train, and discipline the minor; and (C) the responsibility to provide the minor with food, shelter, education, and ordinary medical care.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re A.W.K.

2. “legal care, custody or control of the proposed adoptees was never intended to, and did not, [pass] to the child-placing agencies, whatever the title of the form executed by the natural mothers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re AWK

3. “the legal care, custody, or control of the Mayor or a child-placing agency licensed under the laws of the District”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re AWK