Lamb v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1993
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ellsworth, Administrator v. Cornes · Carlson v. Carlson · Barnes v. Cooper, Administrator · Jansen v. Blissenbach · Jeffcoat v. Harper
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.
“(a) When a married person dies testate as to all or any part of his or her estate, the surviving spouse shall have the right to take against the will if the surviving spouse has been married to the decedent continuously for a period in excess of one (1) year.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.