70 Ohio App. 2d 117 - In Re Bibb’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
88 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2025 · most notably In re Murray (1990), Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1990)
88 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 52 Ohio St. 2d 89 - Perales v. Nino · Stores Realty Co. v. City of Cleveland · In re Burrell · 165 Ohio St. 456 - Lower v. Ehrhart · In re Fassinger
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“condition or environment is such as to warrant the state, in the interests of the child, in assuming the child's guardianship.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a finding of dependency under R.C. 2151.04 must be grounded on whether the children are receiving proper care and support. The focus is on the condition of the children, not the fault of the parents.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““As used in sections 2151.01 to 2151.54, inclusive, of the Revised Code, ‘neglected child’ includes any child: “(A) Who is abandoned by his parents, guardian, or custodian; “(B) Who lacks proper parental care because of the faults or habits of his parents, guardian, or custodian; “(C) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian neglects or refuses to provide him with proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical or surgical care, or other care necessary for his health, morals, or well being; “(D) Whose parents, guardian, or custodian neglects or refuses to provide the special care made necessary by his mental condition; “(E) Whose parents, legal guardian, or custodian have placed or attempted to place such child in violation of sections 5103.16 and 5103.17 of the Revised Code.” 133 Ohio Laws. Part II. 2040. 2045.”
1 later decision 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.