State v. Coliton’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently May 2012
23 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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.
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Indiana common law is clear that the term wedlock refers to the status of the biological parents of the child in relation to each other. A child born to a married woman, but fathered by a man other than her husband, is a”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. K.S. v. R.S. · Ks v. Rs“7-1110. Proceedings — By whom brought. — Proceedings to establish the paternity of the child and to compel support under this act may be commenced by the mother, whether a minor or not, or by the child’s guardian or other person standing in a paternal relation or being the next of kin of the child, or by the state of Idaho on behalf of a child for whom aid has been given. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The parents of a child born out of wedlock and not legitimated ... owe the child necessary maintenance, education and support.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kary v. Burgess
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.