Cas v. Mayfield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 27 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In seeking that intent, the court looks first to the will itself and examines the words and language used in the light of the circumstances under which the will was written.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dixon Person v. Probate Appeal, No. Cv 96 0156212 (May 5, 1998) · 1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 1177 - Estate of McCarthy v. Probate Appeal, No. Cv95 0125739 (Feb. 3, 1997)

2. “To ascertain the intent of a particular provision, the will must be read as a whole to discover whether it discloses an underlying intent which should be considered in finding the meaning to be accorded to the particular language under construction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1993 Conn. Super. Ct. 2659 - Balaban v. Balaban, No. 97866 (Mar. 17, 1993)