Sher v. Desmond’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · Madsen v. Erwin · Schaer v. Brandeis University · United States ex rel. Karvelas v. Melrose-Wakefield Hospital · Blixt v. Blixt
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“averments of significant harm that are (1) facially sufficient to rebut the presumption of parental fitness; (2) based on information and belief; and (3) made with particularity and indicating the source of the information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the grandparent must prove that visitation between grandparent and child is nevertheless necessary to protect the child from significant harm.”
1 later decision 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.