Murphy v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Yannas v. Frondistou-Yannas · Ross v. Ross · Custody of Vaughn · Moriarty v. Stone · Youmans v. Ramos
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.
“A custody determination presents the trial judge with a classic example of a discretionary decision.... In view of the trial judge's superior position to observe witnesses and weigh evidence, we review only for abuse of discretion”
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.