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Allen v. Heron’s Empirical Analysis

157 F.2d 707 · 1946

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
March 1966
most recently cited

5 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Pascucci v. Alsop · Karr v. Robinson

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.

  1. “the usual common-law rule that a will in favor of a wife is not revoked by the birth of a child”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “would probably reflect the testator's wishes.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.