Epperly v. E_G. J’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The child has been under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for a period of one year, and the court finds that the conditions which led to the assumption of jurisdiction still persist, or conditions of a potentially harmful nature continue to exist, that there is little likelihood that those conditions will be remedied at an early date so that the child can be returned to the parent in the near future, or the continuation of the parent-child relationship greatly diminishes the child's prospects for early integration into a stable and permanent home....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Interest of L____ E____ E____ · Shelden v. H_ E

2. “The trial court abused its discretion and therefore erred in terminating [Appellant’s] parental rights to [the eldest boy and the middle boy] because said judgment is not supported by clear cogent and convincing evidence as required by law. Rule 84.04(d) 4 reads, in pertinent part: The points relied on shall state briefly and concisely what actions or rulings of the court are sought to be reviewed and wherein and why they are claimed to be erroneous”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shelden v. H_ E