Hardinger v. Kimberly’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably J.M.W. v. T.I.Z. (2011), Kilpatrick v. Bullough Abatement, Inc. (2008)
26 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 · Jensen v. Intermountain Power Agency · State ex rel. M.W. · 15 Utah 2d 126 - Nunley v. Stan Katz Real Estate, Inc. · Reese v. Reese
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Their powers are limited to those specifically conferred by the statute.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. L.G. v. A.J. · M.F. v. J.F.“[t]he finality of an order in juvenile proceedings is determined in a manner similar to judgments and orders in other matters. A final, appealable order is one that ends the current juvenile proceedings, leaving no question open for further judicial action. An order which does not completely determine the rights of the parties ... is merely interlocutory in nature.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The legislature has expressly provided that 'the state has a compelling interest in providing stable and permanent homes for adoptive children ... [and] in preventing the disruption of adoptive placements,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. T.H. v. R.C. · In Re EH
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.