Mathis v. Ammons

How courts have described this case

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

• uncle stood in loco parentis to child who resided with and was cared for by him; to rule otherwise “might have the effect of discouraging the . . . voluntary and unselfish . . . caring for a child in need of parental support and guidance . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Schlessinger v. Schlessinger Ex Rel. Schlessinger
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-09-10· cited 51×
• Zellmer v. Zellmer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-05-01· cited 3×

Cites

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

• Sorensen v. Sorensen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-12-29· cited 126×
• Lee v. Comer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-05-18· cited 115×
• Silesky Ex Rel. Silesky v. Kelman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1968-09-27· cited 95×
• France v. A. P. A. Transport Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1970-07-10· cited 86×
• Parks v. Parks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-10-07· cited 60×
• Niewiadomski v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1947-02-07· cited 55×
• McNeal v. Administrator of Estate of McNeal
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-11-08· cited 51×
• London Guarantee & Accident Co. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1954-05-21· cited 42×
• Stevens v. Murphy
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-12-15· cited 40×
• City of Kingsport v. Lane
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1951-07-15· cited 29×
• Logan v. Reaves
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1962-02-08· cited 28×
• Hush v. Devilbiss Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1977-08-23· cited 26×
• Campbell v. Gruttemeyer
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1968-10-11· cited 22×
• Prince v. Prince
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1959-07-27· cited 21×
• Reed v. Rhea County
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1949-12-17· cited 21×
• Maxey v. Sauls
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1963-04-11· cited 18×
• Ownby v. Kleyhammer
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1952-06-07· cited 17×
• Gunn v. Rollings
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1967-10-24· cited 15×
• Hollis v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1957-01-30· cited 15×
• Brown, Admr. v. Cole, Admr.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1939-05-29· cited 15×