State v. George’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 1998
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Helms v. American Security Co. · 105 Ind. App. 564 - Weidler v. Floran
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“legislative intent as ascertained from an Act as a whole [which] will prevail over the strict literal meaning of any word or term used therein.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"If property is held by two (2) or more individuals jointly with rights of surviv-orship, the exercise of the rights of the surviving joint owner or owners to the immediate ownership or possession and enjoyment of the property upon the death of one (1) of the joint owners is a transfer to which the inheritance tax ap plies. The value of the property so transferred equals the remainder of (1) the total value of the jointly held property, minus (2) the value of that portion of the jointly held property which the surviving joint owner or owners prove belonged to him or them."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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