Finstuen v. Crutcher

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that full faith and credit requires Oklahoma to recognize an adoption by a same sex couple already formalized in another state even though Oklahoma statute specifically prohibits such adoptions on public policy grounds
• holding that full faith and credit requires Oklahoma to recognize an adoption by a same sex couple already formalized in another state even though Oklahoma statute specifically prohibits such adoptions on public policy grounds
• noting that “[u]nsupported conclusory allegations . . . do not create an issue of fact”
• stating that we could decline to address a newly submitted argument involving prudential standing
• collecting authorities from Oklahoma, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and California that all hold adoption judgments are owed full faith and credit
• affirming judg- ment that applied full faith and credit clause ‘‘because there is no roving public policy exception’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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• Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Edmondson
  Tenth Circuit· 2010-02-02· cited 160×
• The Wilderness Soc. v. Kane County, Utah
  Tenth Circuit· 2011-01-11· cited 146×
• Kitchen v. Herbert
  Tenth Circuit· 2014-06-25· cited 137×
• Grocery Manufacturers Ass'n v. Environmental Protection Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2012-08-17· cited 112×
• J.M.W. v. T.I.Z.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2011-07-19· cited 105×
• United States v. Roger Day, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-11-29· cited 101×
• Pioneer Centres Holding Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust v. Alerus Financial, N.A.
  Tenth Circuit· 2017-06-05· cited 66×
• Association of Battery Recyclers, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2013-05-28· cited 64×
• Knight First Amendment Inst. At Columbia Univ. v. Trump
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-05-23· cited 40×
• Copar Pumice Co., Inc. v. Tidwell
  Tenth Circuit· 2010-04-19· cited 31×
• In re the Guardianship of Smith
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-11-15· cited 30×
• Adar v. Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-04-12· cited 27×
• Elmer Lucas v. Jerusalem Cafe, LLC
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• Henry v. Himes
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• Wamsley v. NODAK MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
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• Begay v. Public Service Co. of NM
  D. New Mexico· 2010-04-15· cited 19×

Cites

53 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 24,791×
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-12· cited 6,373×
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,797×
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-24· cited 2,590×
• County of Los Angeles v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1979-03-27· cited 1,768×
• United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) Photographs
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-14· cited 690×
• Estin v. Estin
  Supreme Court· 1948-06-07· cited 608×
• Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  Supreme Court· 2005-01-12· cited 589×
• Saenz v. Roe
  Supreme Court· 1999-05-17· cited 527×
• Baker v. General Motors Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1998-01-13· cited 516×
• Nevada v. Hall
  Supreme Court· 1979-03-05· cited 510×
• Sherrer v. Sherrer
  Supreme Court· 1948-06-07· cited 488×
• Milwaukee County v. M. E. White Co.
  Supreme Court· 1935-12-09· cited 351×
• Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-06· cited 346×
• Pacific Employers Insurance v. Industrial Accident Comm'n
  Supreme Court· 1939-03-27· cited 304×
• Franks v. Nimmo
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-07-07· cited 303×
• MacKenzie v. City & County of Denver
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-07-14· cited 297×
• Initiative & Referendum Institute v. Walker
  Tenth Circuit· 2006-05-17· cited 289×
• Nova Health Systems v. Fogarty
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-07-20· cited 250×
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-12· cited 243×