Sheppard v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2014
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sneed v. Sneed · Application of Tubbs
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not permit a parent to change a minor child’s last name from that of his natural father over the father’s objection. This state has never permitted such a name change for the convenience of the mother when the paternal bond remains unsev-ered. J.S.S. at ¶ 2, 895 P.2d at 748 .”
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.