Dennis v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 2009
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 310th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Worford v. Stamper · Gillespie v. Gillespie · Holley v. Holley · Leithold v. Plass · Martin v. Martin
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Leithold is based entirely on common, judge-made law. It preceded the enactment of the Family Code, specifically section 153.131, which makes joint custody the public policy of this state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re JRD“the law then endorsed sex discrimination in favor of women, giving them preference in child custody cases,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. In Re JRD
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.