Stanley v. Stanley’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 1956
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railway Co. v. Pepper · James v. James · Richardson v. Vaughan · Laas v. Seidel · Cathey v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In every suit against the estate of a decedent involving the title to real estate, the executor or administrator, if any, and the heirs shall be made parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. French v. French
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.