Scales v. Scales’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
July 1962
most recently cited
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Harrell v. Hickman · Murphy v. Slaton · Weidner v. Crowther · Singer v. Singer · Hanna v. Ladewig
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Survivor shall have all property owned by either or both at the time of the demise of the first to die] to be used, occupied, enjoyed, conveyed and expended by, and during the life of such survivor, as such survivor shall desire, [and upon the death of such survivor any of the estate then remaining shall be vested in named persons]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“where the survivor takes a conditional fee, or even a life estate, with full power of disposition, he may dispose of the property as he sees fit during his lifetime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.