Shaefer v. Hewes’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 1980
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gill v. Staylor · Harper v. Davis · Roycroft v. Nellis · Wallace v. Schaub · Spencer v. Trafford
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.
““Under Maryland decisions services rendered for a decedent by a member of his family give rise to a presumption that' the services were rendered gratuitously so that the plaintiff must show that the services were performed under circumstances so as to demonstrate a reasonable expectation that there would be compensation. Zahn v. Heil, 192 Md. 576 , 64 A. 2d 564 ; Roycroft v. Nellis, 171 Md. 136 , 188 Atl. 20 ; Doyle v. Gibson, 119 Md. 36 , 85 Atl. 961 ; Gill v. Staylor, supra.” 225 Md. at 211 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Keller v. Keller
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.