Keating v. Mayer’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Powers of Appointment. — "(1) Property with respect to which decedent exercises a general power of appointment created on or before October 21, 1942. To the extent of any property with respect to which a general power of appointment created on or before October 21, 1942, is exercised by the decedent (1) by will or (2) by a disposition which is of such nature that if it were a transfer of property owned by the decedent, such property would be includible in the decedent's gross estate under subsection (c) or (d); but the failure to exercise such a power or the complete release of such a power shall not be deemed an exercise thereof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Keating v. Mayer

2. “Congress eliminated the requirement of passing and a judicial construction of the amended act which would require that an exercise be effective would nullify the effect of this deliberate legislative action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Keating v. Mayer

3. “1. I leave all my property to my sons who shall survive me, their heirs and assigns forever.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Keating v. Mayer