Coppedge v. Harding’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “retains and reaffirms parens patriae jurisdiction, usually exercised by a juvenile court, which a state must assume when a child is in a situation requiring immediate protection. This jurisdiction exists when a child has been abandoned and in emergency cases of child neglect. Presence of the child in the state is the only prerequisite. This extraordinary jurisdiction is reserved for extraordinary circumstances. Where there is child neglect without emergency or abandonment, jurisdiction cannot be based on this paragraph.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Ex Rel. D.S.K. v. Kasper

2. “We do not suggest that jurisdictional doctrines other than those discussed in text, such as the particularized rules governing adjudications of status, are inconsistent with the standard of fairness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Roderick v. Roderick

3. “[i]n the event that the Oregon court stays its proceedings after such communication, then the Utah court may proceed to adjudicate the custody matter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crump v. Crump