737 So. 2d 1022 - Sootin v. Sootin’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 437 So. 2d 1003 - Albright v. Albright · Cooper v. Crabb · Sellers v. Sellers · 700 So. 2d 274 - Wright v. Stanley · 441 So. 2d 1361 - Sparkman v. Sparkman
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.
“`unusual and compelling circumstance' . . . that would require [the children] to be separated in order to serve their best interests.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.