Jennings v. Jennings’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of the Estate of Irwin Leon Wade, by W. Lawrence Oliver v. The Continental Insurance Co. · Lincoln Income Life Insurance v. Alexander · Aetna Life Insurance v. Lemay · Mutual of Omaha v. George · Cockrell v. Life Insurance Co. of Georgia
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Notwithstanding the obvious taunt and defiance shown, there is no evidence on the present record to show that Wade would reasonably foresee that his wife would actually shoot him. Given the prior relationship of the parties, there is no evidence from their conduct to suggest that Wade, even though he impulsively dared his wife to do so, would reasonably foresee that result. According to the testimony credited by the district court, Wade neither threatened his wife’s life nor pointed the gun at her.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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