Woods v. Starrett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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. ““First. It is my will that my wife, M. E. Rains, have all that I may die seized of, consisting of lands, money, merchandise, bonds, notes, accounts, etc. “Second. That she at once take and assume control of it all, without giving bond or being amenable to any court whatever. “Third. That, at her death she will to our respective families whatever she may have, making an equal division thereof, between the two families.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Aron v. Aron