Basham v. Wilkins’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 2008
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stanley v. Illinois · Reichle v. Reichle · Sweat v. Turner · Phillips v. Horlander · State Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Hugelman
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“At common law, the mother, as natural guardian, had the sole right to custody and control of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sjls v. Tls
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.