Buchanan v. Buchanan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \The primary object of habeas corpus is to determine the legality of the restraint under which a person is held.\
• \The primary object of habeas corpus is to determine the legality of the restraint under which a person is held.\
• the court of chancery, as representing the parental and protecting power of the Commonwealth, has jurisdiction to determine controversies concerning the guardianship of a minor
• “The contract between mother and father ... is not binding upon a court, as to the custody of infants .... The custody and welfare of children are not the subject of barter.”
• only void judgments subject to collateral attack

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Long v. City of Weirton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-04-29· cited 148×
• Ford v. Ford
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-10· cited 137×
• Robertson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-04-26· cited 121×
• Jones v. Willard
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-01-21· cited 84×
• Verrocchio v. Verrocchio
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-27· cited 52×
• Local 333B, United Marine Division v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-06-16· cited 47×
• Howarth v. Northcott
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1965-03-04· cited 47×
• McClaugherty v. McClaugherty
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-09-09· cited 37×
• Laing v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-09-11· cited 36×
• Fortson v. Fortson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1943-04-15· cited 36×
• Smyth v. Midgett
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-01-20· cited 32×
• Hopkins v. Yarbrough
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-12-11· cited 31×
• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-01-08· cited 26×
• Greeson v. Greeson
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1953-04-07· cited 22×
• Smyth v. Holland
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-04-26· cited 21×
• State Ex Rel. Titus v. Hayes
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1965-10-19· cited 19×
• Sheehan v. Sheehan
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1955-11-15· cited 19×
• Church v. Church
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-04-08· cited 16×
• Waller v. Waller
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1952-02-11· cited 15×
• Hamel v. Hamel
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-08· cited 14×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anthony v. Kasey
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1887-05-19· cited 78×
• Armstrong v. Obucino
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1921-10-22· cited 62×
• Bray v. Landergren
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-01-11· cited 61×
• State ex rel. Sharpe v. Banks
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1865-11-15· cited 31×
• Eschner v. Eschner
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1926-02-25· cited 24×
• Coffee v. Black
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1866-11-18· cited 22×
• Merritt v. Swimley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1886-09-30· cited 21×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Board of Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-03-30· cited 21×
• Huke v. Huke
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1891-03-24· cited 19×
• People ex rel. Klee v. Klee
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1922-06-30· cited 16×
• Hayes v. Strauss
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1928-09-20· cited 16×
• People ex rel. Prior v. Prior
  New York Supreme Court· 1920-06-15· cited 14×
• Mathews v. Wade
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1868-01-15· cited 12×
• Watson v. Mose
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-01-16· cited 7×
• In re the Estate of Vanderbilt
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1934-12-15· cited 6×
• Lowrey v. Lowrey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1899-04-25· cited 3×
• Slater v. Slater
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1894-12-22· cited 2×