26 Cal. App. 4th 579 - Smith v. Esslinger’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 1995
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 5 Cal. 3d 730 - County of Alameda v. Carleson · 7 Cal. 4th 246 - Burch v. George · Estate of Hite · Ruggles v. Welch · Bunnell v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) If an instrument containing a no contest clause is or has become irrevocable, a beneficiary may apply to the court for a determination whether a particular motion, petition or other act by the beneficiary would be a contest within the terms of the no contest clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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