In Re Lambert’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently March 2016
2 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. United States · Boone v. Boone · State v. Duggan · In re Stuart · State v. Duggan
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Problems presented in cases involving custody and welfare of children are usually of a complicated and difficult nature. The welfare of the child is paramount but the rights of the parents cannot be ignored. Each case must be decided on its own peculiar facts. There are only general principles, and no specific rules, to aid in reaching a decision. Such cases are not ordinarily submitted to a jury for determination....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. E.R.B. v. J.H.F. · Erb v. JHF“The court shall hear and determine all cases of children without a jury unless a jury be demanded by the child, his parent, or guardian or the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Lambert“All cases involving children may be heard separately and apart from the trial of cases against adults.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Lambert
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.