Green v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 5 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Regardless of whether a petition for probate has been filed, a verified petition to caveat a will may be filed at any time prior to the expiration of six months following the first appointment of a personal representative under a will, even if there be a subsequent judicial probate or appointment of a personal representative.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shealer v. Straka

2. “A probate proceeding provides a vehicle for identifying and collecting the decedent's property, paying the debts of the decedent and the estate in an orderly way, and distributing the remainder of the estate to those entitled to share in the estate either under the decedent's will or according to intestate distribution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shealer v. Straka

3. “(1) A person named as executor in a will; (2) A person serving as personal representative after judicial or administrative probate; (3) A legatee in being, not fully paid, whether his interest is vested or contingent; (4) An heir even if the decedent dies testate ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shealer v. Straka