State Ex Rel. Lcb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “[a]pprove the plan as consistent with the health and safety of the child and order compliance by all parties,”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State, in the Interest of Ra · State Ex Rel. JB v. JB, JR.

2. “| ([Whenever custody of a child is assigned to the Department of Social Services, the child shall be assigned to the custody of the department rather than to a particular placement setting. The department shall have sole authority over the placement within its resources and sole authority over the allocation of other available resources within the department for children judicially committed to its custody.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 897 So. 2d 42 - State ex rel. M.A.A. · 940 So. 2d 873 - State ex rel. G.R.

3. “Under the statutory scheme in place for children adjudicated in need of care and placed in the custody of [DSS], the court retains the ultimate authority over a child’s placement and may approve or reject a case plan submitted by the Department, but it may not revise the plan or make any particular placements itself.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 940 So. 2d 873 - State ex rel. G.R. · 870 So. 2d 1143 - State Ex Rel. DB v. MO