State of Maine v. Christopher T. Knight

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the Fourteenth Amendment protects individuals from government interference with parental rights absent a compelling state interest
• “The Commonwealth’s third party standing exceptions are much narrower than those found in the federal system.”
• “The Commonwealth’s third party standing exceptions are much narrower than those found in the federal system.”
• “The Commonwealth’s third party standing exceptions are much narrower than those found in the federal system.”
• “The Commonwealth’s third party standing exceptions are much narrower than those found in the federal system.”
• “That Hawkins and Grese were legally forbidden to marry in the Commonwealth at the time they began their relationship does not establish that they would have exercised the option if it were available.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).