Segal v. Himelfarb’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vogel v. Turnt · 117 Md. App. 171 - Gallaudet University v. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution · Vance v. Johnson · Mayor of Baltimore City v. White · Simpson v. Piscano
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.
“(1) Actually and specifically named as legatee; (2) Described or in any manner referred to, designated, or identified as legatee in the will; or (3) A member of a class in whose favor a legacy is made. (b) Effect of death of legatee. — A legacy described in subsection (a) shall have the same effect and operation in law to direct the distribution of the property directly from the estate of the person who owned the property to those persons who would have taken the property if the legatee had died, testate or intestate, owning the property. (c) Creditors of deceased legatee. — Creditors of the deceased legatee shall have no interest in the property, whether the claim is based on contract, tort, tax obligations, or any other item.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shipley v. Matlack
How this case has been treated — in progress
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