Miller v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 2013
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Citizens & Southern National Bank v. Haskins · Britt v. Fincher · Perling v. Citizens & Southern National Bank · Ivey v. Ivey · Prince v. Barrow
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he cardinal rule in construing a trust instrument ... is to discern the intent of the settlor and to effectuate that intent within the language used and within what the law will permit. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Hallum
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.