Brown v. Saake’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the will is acceptable of two constructions, one of which would turn it into an illegal perpetuity and the other make it valid and operative, the latter should be adopted. Every presumption should be indulged in favor of validity. It should be upheld unless it clearly violates some rule of law or public policy and, if possible, give effect to the intent of the testator.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 So. 2d 781 - In re Estate of Stewart

2. “An estate is contingent if, in order for it to become a present or vested estate, the fulfillment of some condition precedent other than the determination of the preceding freehold estate is necessary”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dwight E. Avis, Jr., Debtor. United States of America v. H. Jason Gold, Trustee, Trustee-Appellee. In Re Dwight E. Avis, Jr., Debtor. United States of America v. H. Jason Gold, Trustee, Trustee-Appellant