Klein v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grimes v. Flores