Conger v. Conger’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1972
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ginter v. Ginter · Alford v. Dennis · Howerton v. Kansas Natural Gas Co. · In Re Estate of Graves · Schmidt v. Jensen Motors, Inc.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The real distinction, however, between a condition subsequent and a conditional limitation is that in the former the estate is voidable upon the election of the person in whose favor the condition is imposed, while in the latter the estate is void upon the occurrence of the event that would terminate the estate...." (p. 829.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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