Constable's Estate’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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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.

1. ““An order, to be final, must in definite terms dispose of the case as a whole; and, to indicate this, after the dismissal of exceptions, some words should be used such as, ‘the adjudication is confirmed .absolutely, and it is decreed that distribution be made in accord with the schedule of distribution.’ As the case stands, the decree of March 10th is conditional. The order of June 2d disposes of the exceptions because of nonobservance of certain rules, without more; for all that appears, it is likely that the court below, when it made this brief order, intended to allow appellant another chance to comply with the rules in question before entering a final decree.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Whitmore's Estate