Adriance v. Higgins’s Empirical Analysis
113 F.2d 1013 · 1940
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1996
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Helvering v. Hallock · Reinecke v. Northern Trust Co. · Krueger v. United States · Porter v. Commissioner · Helvering v. Helmholz
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in which they agreed that each should live separate from the other during the remainder of their lives and that neither should have any rights in the property of the other and neither should contest the will of the other or, upon the death of the other, should claim anything from his or her estate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) General bulb. — To the extent of any Interest therein of which the decedent has at any time made a transfer (except in case of a bona fide sale for an adequate and full consideration in money or money’s worth), by trust or otherwise— * * • » * * * • (B) under which he has retained for his life or for any period .not. ascertainable without reference to his death or for any period which does’ not in fact end before his death (i) the possession or. enjoyment of, or the right to the income from, the property, or (ii) the right, either alone or in conjunction with any person, to designate the persons who Bhall possess or enjoy the property .or the income therefrom;. • * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“her release of dower and of other rights in her husband's property and of her claim for support.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.