Fort v. Chester’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “At stake is his status as a legitimate child, as well as his right to be supported by and inherit from his presumptive father.... A guardian ad litem is necessary since the litigation purports to make a `binding effect on the child's status,' i.e., his legitimacy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. R.A.J. v. L.B.V. · Raj v. Lbv