Ramsdell v. Union Trust Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
61 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Cadle Co. v. D'Addario (2004), Gaynor v. Payne (2002)
61 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Carten v. Carten · Schwarzschild v. Martin · Prince v. Sheffield · Palmer v. Hartford National Bank & Trust Co. · Phillips v. Moeller
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On appeal from probate, the trial court may exercise the same discretion de novo, reviewing the facts relating to the propriety of removal without regard to the Probate Court's decision.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“"When the executor of an estate places itself in a position where its interests conflict with those of the estate, the executor's ability to represent fairly the interests of the estate is irreparably tainted. When [such] situation appears . . . it is the positive duty of the court to remove the executor . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]f valid grounds exist for bringing a claim against the defendant, in its capacity as trustee or executor, and the defendant, because of its conflict of interest, refuses to pursue such claims, the defendant is incapable of executing its fiduciary duties and should be removed.”
2 later decisions 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.