746 So. 2d 1017 - Sts v. Ct’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We find no evidence to support a conclusion that the father relinquished his custodial rights or that he is unfit to properly care for his son,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wtm v. Sp · W.T.M. v. S.P.

2. “is more a custody case than a determination-of-dependency case, and [because] the court relied on the dependency statute to find a child to be dependent and to award custody to a nonparent, that ruling will not stand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 872 So. 2d 861 - Jap v. Mm

3. “standard applicable in the dispositional phase of a dependency proceeding. See S.T.S. v. C.T., 746 So.2d 1017 (Ala.Civ.App.1999) (the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 872 So. 2d 861 - Jap v. Mm