Walker v. Kelley’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Paragon Family Restaurant v. Bartolini · Smith v. Johnston · Crafton v. Gibson · Malacina v. Malacina · Baxter v. State
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.
“[W]e do not see how the best interests of the children could be ascertained without a hearing that affords both parents the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses ....”
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.