87 Cal. App. 4th 1099 - Punsly v. Ho’s Empirical Analysis

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41 state decisions

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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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] court may apply a facially sufficient statute in an unconstitutional manner. 'The practical effect of holding a statute unconstitutional”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crafton v. Gibson · In Re Al

2. “there is a presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of their children. . . . Accordingly, so long as a parent [is fit], there will normally be no reason for the State to inject itself into the private realm of the family to further question the ability of that parent to make the best decisions concerning the rearing of that parent's children. [Citation.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 34 Cal. 4th 210 - In Re Marriage of Harris

3. “If either parent of an unemancipated minor child is deceased, the children, siblings, parents, and grandparents of the deceased parent may be granted reasonable visitation with the child during the child's minority upon a finding that the visitation would be in the best interest of the minor child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 34 Cal. 4th 210 - In Re Marriage of Harris