Singleton v. Cheek’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 federal appellate · 9 district · 124 state decisions

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 201 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All installments, whether accruing be' fore or after the death of the beneficiary named in the certificate of insurance, as a result, became assets of the estate of the insured upon the instant of his death, to be distributed to the heirs of the insured in accordance with the intestacy laws of the state of his residence, such heirs to be determined as of the date of his death, and not as of the date of the death of the beneficiary. The state courts, with almost entire unanimity, have reached the same conclusion.””

   13 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCullough v. Smith · Fults v. Kinnear

2. ““If no person within the permitted class be designated as beneficiary for yearly renewable term insurance by the insured either in his lifetime or by his last will and testament or if the designated beneficiary does not survive the insured or survives the insured and dies prior to receiving all of the two hundred and forty installments or all such as are payable and applicable, there shall be paid to the estate of the insured the present value of the monthly installments thereafter payable.” ( 38 U.S.C.A. § 514 .)”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Fox's Estate · In Re Estate of Erickson

3. “2. “War risk insurance installments, whether accruing before or after beneficiary’s death, became assets of estate of insured on instant of his death (World War Veterans’ Act 1924, § 303, as amended by act March 4, 1925, 38 USCA, § 514). “Such installments became assets of estate of insured to be distributed to his heirs in accordance with intestacy laws of State of his residence, in view of World War Veterans’ Act 1924, § 303, as amended by act March 4, 1925, c. 553, 43 Stat. 1302 , 1310 (38 USCA, § 514).” 3. “Heirs of insured soldier entitled, on his death, to war risk insurance installments, should be determined as of date of insured’s death, not date of beneficiary’s death (World War Veterans’ Act 1924, § 303, as amended by act March 4, 1925, 38 USCA, § 514).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wade v. Wade