Wakefield v. Little Light

How courts have described this case

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

• \We think it plain that child-rearing is an essential tribal relation.\ (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-03· cited 1,403×
• Doe v. Mann
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-07-19· cited 144×
• Matter of Adoption of Halloway
  Utah Supreme Court· 1986-12-05· cited 114×
• Matter of Adoption of Baby Boy D
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1985-11-12· cited 83×
• In Re Adoption of Buehl
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-11-04· cited 69×
• John v. Baker
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-09-08· cited 61×
• Application of Bertelson
  Montana Supreme Court· 1980-09-17· cited 60×
• Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Heim
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1976-08-31· cited 50×
• Adoption B.B. v. R.K.B.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2017-08-31· cited 45×
• Wippert v. BLACKFEET TRIBE, ETC.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1982-12-01· cited 18×
• Harris v. Melnick
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-01-19· cited 17×
• In re J.M.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-04-25· cited 10×
• IN THE MATTER OF S.J.W.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2023-04-25· cited 10×
• Matthews v. Matthews
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-09-19· cited 8×
• E.N. v. T.R.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2021-07-12· cited 7×
• Gizzo v. Gerstman
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-04-01· cited 7×
• Rypma v. Stehr
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-09· cited 5×
• Matter of Duryea
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1977-04-12· cited 3×
• Doe v. Mann
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-07-18· cited 1×
• Matter of JM
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-06-06

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Mazurie
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 1,043×
• Williams v. Lee
  Supreme Court· 1959-01-12· cited 1,006×
• McClanahan v. Arizona State Tax Commission
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-27· cited 899×
• Mescalero Apache Tribe v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-27· cited 698×
• DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial District
  Supreme Court· 1975-04-21· cited 449×
• Organized Village of Kake v. Egan
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-19· cited 328×
• Kennerly v. District Court of the Ninth Judicial District of Montana
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-18· cited 197×
• United States v. Quiver
  Supreme Court· 1916-06-12· cited 110×
• WISCONSIN POTOWATOMIES, ETC. v. Houston
  W.D. Michigan· 1973-11-16· cited 34×
• United States ex rel. Cobell v. Cobell
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-09-05· cited 33×
• Meyer v. Henderson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1899-02-01· cited 31×
• State ex rel. Adams v. Superior Court for Okanogan County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1960-10-20· cited 23×
• Logan v. Coup
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-04-02· cited 22×
• In re Lelah-Puc-Ka-Chee
  N.D. Iowa· 1899-12-29· cited 20×
• Miller v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1967-07-03· cited 13×
• In Re Colwash
  Washington Supreme Court· 1960-10-20· cited 11×
• Peters v. Malin
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa· 1901-10-21· cited 11×
• Mayor of Annapolis v. Shearwater Sailing Club, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-04-06· cited 9×
• In re Declaring Cantrell
  Montana Supreme Court· 1972-03-21· cited 9×