Franks v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
721 F.2d 153 · 1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Stanley v. Illinois · Armstrong v. Manzo · Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View · Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform · 274 So. 2d 671 - Rodgers v. Rodgers
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“were emotional only, and, while important, simply are not sufficient to create a legal interest against Misty's biological parent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“maintaining their social unit of which Misty was a member.”
2 later decisions 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.