Colby v. Flournoy’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1971
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cranston v. Zook · 24 Cal. 2d 595 - Estate of Naftzger · Cranston v. Gianassi · First National Bank v. People · Estate of Goulart
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 person adopted in conformity with the laws of this State by any lineal issue . . . [of decedent]”
1 later decision 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.