Hester v. Hester’s Empirical Analysis
171 F.2d 477 · 1948
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
January 1960
most recently cited
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Bradley v. United States · Roberts v. United States · Collins v. United States · Ozanic v. United States · McKewen v. McKewen
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ F.ll. p. 7364, Sec. 10.3446-3447 provides; < * * * A change of beneficiary to be effective must be made by notice in writing signed by the insured and forwarded to the Veterans Administration by the insured or his agent and must contain sufficient information to identify the insured * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ferguson v. Knight“`in your box as they are for use in case of misfortune to me, as later might want to change them in some way * * *.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“from becoming effective in his lifetime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.