Ottoway v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1938
most recently cited
4 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.
““Words must be construed according to their ordinary meaning, unless something in the will indicates that they are used in a more comprehensive or some peculiar sense. These rules are so elementary as not to need citation of authorities in their support.””
1 later decision 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.