O'Neal v. Ogle’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably In Re Adoption of G.D.J. (2011), Mahmoodjanloo v. Mahmoodjanloo (2007)
34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · Flick v. Crouch · Roth v. Union Nat. Bank of Bartlesville · Herbst v. Sayre · Shaffer v. Jeffery
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since subject matter jurisdiction concerns the competency of the court to determine the particular matter, it cannot be waived by the parties or conferred upon the court by their consent and it may be challenged at any time in the course of the proceedings.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“A. A guardian of ... a person residing in this state, who is a minor ... may be appointed in all cases by the court as provided in this title. B. After the service of notice in a proceeding seeking the appointment of a guardian or other order, in subsequent proceedings pertaining to the guardianship of a ward and until termination of the proceeding, the court in which the petition is filed has exclusive jurisdiction to determine: 1. the need for a guardian or other order ... (Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“state a case over which the jurisdiction of the court extends, jurisdiction attaches and the court has the power to hear and determine the issues involved.”
2 later decisions 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.