Lynn v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We do not allow a person to deny “parentage” of a child, regardless of biological status, if that person holds the child out as his own and provides support. When such circumstances exist, we will also not allow a child’s mother to sue a third party for support based on biological status. Plainly, the law does not allow a person to challenge his role as a parent once he has accepted it, even with contrary DNA and blood tests.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. K.E.M. v. P.C.S. · K.E.M. v. P.C.S.

2. “ABC-TV's national program 'Primetime Live' and, in reiterating their story on national television, [had] pronounced that husband was not [the child's] father.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. G.R.B. v. L.J.B. · G.R.B. v. L.J.B.

3. “husband's conduct is conclusive of his acceptance of his role as [the child's] father,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. G.R.B. v. L.J.B. · G.R.B. v. L.J.B.