Rust v. Rust’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
3
states following
December 2006
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Bellotti v. Baird · 144 N.J. Super. 200 - D'Onofrio v. D'Onofrio · Hawk v. Hawk · Taylor v. Taylor
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.
“is entitled to a similar measure of constitutional protection against unwarranted governmental intrusion as is accorded to an intact, two-parent family. [Citations.] Unless the court modifies its custody order, a custodial parent should be permitted to make the significant, life-influencing decisions affecting his or her child as long as the parent remains fit to have custody.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“creates new legal relationships between the parents themselves and between each parent and the child or children. It also creates a new family unit now commonly referred to as a `single parent family,'”
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.