Pate v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
August 2006
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dexter v. President of Harvard College · Amoskeag Trust Co. v. Haskell · New Haven Bank, N. B. A. v. Hubinger · Keesler v. North Carolina National Bank · Walsh v. . Friedman
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a person becomes entitled to an interest in property because of the death of a decedent including ... a testator ... and the person disclaims the interest, the' interest devolves ... as if the person predeceased the decedent, unless the instrument governing the devolution ... of the interest contains another disposition thereof in the event of a disclaimer----”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pate v. Ford
How this case has been treated — in progress
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