Olver v. Fowler’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 111 Wash. 2d 828 - Kreidler v. Eikenberry · 127 Wash. 2d 339 - Connell v. Francisco · 101 Wash. 2d 299 - In Re the Marriage of Lindsey · 31 Wash. 2d 345 - Creasman v. Boyle · 81 Wash. 2d 72 - In Re Estate of Thornton
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Upon timely application anyone shall be permitted to intervene in an action: (1) when a statute confers an unconditional right to intervene; or (2) when the applicant claims an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action and he is so situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede his ability to protect that interest, unless the applicant's interest is adequately represented by existing parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Olver v. Fowler · Olver v. Fowler“where unmarried, committed intimate partners are separated by death, as when they separate during life, any property acquired during the relationship that would have been community property [had the parties been married] is jointly owned and subject to a just and equitable division”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Olver v. Fowler“[t]he right to devise one's property and thereby transfer accumulated wealth is one of our society's most firmly guarded individual rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Olver v. Fowler
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.