Fish v. Fish’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
September 2009
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · In re Juvenile Appeal (83-CD) · Roth v. Weston · Connolly v. Connolly · Schilberg Integrated Metals Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any controversy before the Superior Court as to the custody or care of minor children. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the best interests of the child are secondary to the parents' rights.”
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.