Lakes v. Lakes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The parties in this case did not reside together, nor was it anywhere proven that defendants in any manner exercised custody over the person of the grantor or any control over him. The only fact appearing in the record, and which also frequently appears where confidential relationship' is involved, was the one that the parties were father and son. * * *””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maddox v. Maddox

2. ““The grantor lived for more than two years after the deed was executed, and neither he nor any relation of his suggested any objections to its execution, based upon either of the grounds relied on herein. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maddox v. Maddox