Saavedra v. Schmidt’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas v. Bush Ex Rel. Bush (2003), In Re MGM (2005)
27 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 53rd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738A · 42 U.S.C. § 11601 (International Child Abduction Remedies Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 11603
Relies on Mayhew v. Town of Sunnyvale · Friedrich v. Friedrich · Fry v. Ball · Phillips v. Beaber · 100 Cal. App. 4th 101 - In Re CT
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) [Texas] is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this state but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in this state; or (2) a court of another state does not have jurisdiction under Subdivision (1), or a court of the home state of the child has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the ground that this state is the more appropriate forum under Section 152.207 or 152.208, and: (A) the child and the child’s parents, or the child and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent, have a significant connection with this state other than mere physical presence; and (B) substantial evidence is available in this state concerning the child’s care, protection, training, and personal relationships ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Lewin · In Re SLP“(1) the court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive continuing jurisdiction or that the Texas court would be a more convenient forum; or (2) a Texas court or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Thhe possibility that allegations of immediate harm might be true is sufficient for a court to assume temporary emergency jurisdiction in the best interests of the child under the UCCJEA.”
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.