Gamble v. Segers’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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[i]t is not enough that the parent show that the parent has reformed his or her lifestyle or improved his or her financial position; the parent must show both that he or she is fit and that the custody change materially promotes the best interests and welfare of the child. McLendon, 455 So.2d at 866 ."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ingram v. Matthews · Johnson v. Johnson

2. “how a change of custody will materially promote the best interests and welfare of the child so as to outweigh the disruption caused by such change of custody”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzalez v. Parker

3. “receiving excellent care from the paternal grandmother,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Johnson