Bouchard v. Sundberg’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
48
cited by 48 later decisions
2
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
16 district · 32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. R. G. Whipple, Inc. · Yontef v. Yontef · Delahunty v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance · Dowling v. Finley Associates, Inc. · Ireland v. Ireland
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] court exercising its equitable jurisdiction with regard to custody has the duty to assure itself that its judgment will be implemented equitably to serve the best interests of the children....”
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.