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← 78 MASSAPPCT 325 - Charara v. Yatim

Charara v. Yatim’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
October 2021
most recently cited

9 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Hilton v. Guyot · Dwyer v. Globe Newspaper Co. · Universal Adjustment Corp. v. Midland Bank, Ltd., of London · Hersey v. Hersey · Cabot Corp. v. AVX Corp.

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

  1. “The best interests of a child is the overarching principle that governs custody disputes in the Commonwealth.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “depend[ing] upon the particular needs of the child.”
    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.