Lockett v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
April 1965
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Campbell, Administrator v. Hammond · Ferrell, Administratrix v. Holland · Gallup v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. · Martin v. Martin · Gray v. Fulton
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ It is fundamental that one who claims to be the heir of a decedent must, as a prerequisite to the right to participate in the estate, establish the relationship relied upon. Holt v. Brackville, 158 Ark. 642 , 250 S. W. 33 . A presumption of marriage, however, may stem from cohabitation, accompanied by declarations of the parties and behavior consistent with the status alleged. Martin v. Martin, 212 Ark. 204 , 205 S. W. 2d 189 . ’’ Lockett v. Adams, 212 Ark. 899 , 208 S. W. 2d 428 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Sanford
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.