Smith v. Tierney’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Pacheco-Medina v. Oregon · 628 So. 2d 1116 - State v. Foret · Kuzma v. Principi · 605 So. 2d 1162 - Timmons v. Timmons
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.
“have been used interchangeably in the jurisprudence. Smith , 906 So.2d at 590 . If divestiture or modification of parental custody is warranted under the article 133 test, custody is awarded in the best interest of the child in the following order of preference: to”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bernard v. Allen“another person with whom the child has been living in a wholesome and stable environment, or otherwise to any person able to provide an adequate and stable environment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bernard v. Allen
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.