Gordon v. Lowell

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that grandparents had no constitutionally protected liberty interest in the care, custody or control of their granddaughter for purposes of their due process claim
• “Grandparents have no similar liberty interest under the Fourteenth Amendment, and are therefore accorded no constitutional protection.”
• “Grandparents have no similar liberty interest under the Fourteenth Amendment, and are, therefore, accorded no constitutional protection.”
• “[T]he claim accrues upon knowledge of the actual injury, not that the injury constitutes a legal wrong.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Suber v. Guinta
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-09-28· cited 25×
• Santos v. County of Los Angeles Department of Children & Family Services
  C.D. California· 2004-01-06· cited 3×
• Santos v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT. OF CHILDREN
  C.D. California· 2004-01-06
• Z&R Cab, LLC v. Philadelphia Parking Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-04-22

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 14,284×
• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• Daniels v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 7,676×
• United States v. Diebold, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-14· cited 7,008×
• Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 6,903×
• Parratt v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 6,693×
• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Wilson v. Garcia
  Supreme Court· 1985-04-17· cited 4,134×
• Griffin v. Breckenridge
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-07· cited 3,211×
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 1,347×
• Kneipp v. Tedder
  Third Circuit· 1996-09-18· cited 1,227×
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-13· cited 871×
• Sameric Corporation Of Delaware, Inc. v. City Of Philadelphia
  Third Circuit· 1998-04-10· cited 660×
• Hedges v. Musco
  Third Circuit· 2000-02-22· cited 512×
• Hobson v. Wilson
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-06-08· cited 501×
• Tenenbaum v. Williams
  Second Circuit· 1999-10-13· cited 493×
• Gans, Curtis, G. v. Mundy, James F. And the Law Firm of Raynes, McCarty Binder & Mundy
  Third Circuit· 1985-05-31· cited 476×
• No. 94-3025
  Third Circuit· 1995-01-31· cited 469×