Penn v. Keller’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
January 1995
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Hopkins v. Grimshaw · Teele v. Bishop of Derry · Russell's Ex'rs v. Passmore · Clark v. Oliver · Schroeder v. Woodward
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trust instrument obviously fails to conform to the intention of the settlor the court will sometimes modify it in conformity to the intention rather than set aside the trust”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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