Falck v. T.L.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A finding of fact is clearly erroneous if there is no evidence to support it, if the reviewing court is left with a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made, or if the finding was induced by an erroneous view of the law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dd · In Re As

2. “When there has been an extensive period in which efforts have been made to overcome a parent's inabilities to effectively parent, the courts cannot allow the children to remain in this indeterminate status midway between foster care and the obvious need for permanent placement.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re DM · In Re As

3. “This Court has affirmed juvenile court judgments terminating parental rights when parents were using drugs and showed little or no signs of improving.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re DM · In Re DH