Bruning v. Eckman Funeral Home’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on AMN, Inc. v. Township of South Brunswick Rent Leveling Board · Jacobitti v. Jacobitti · 258 N.J. Super. 380 - Schiavo v. John F. Kennedy Hosp. · Schiavo v. John F. Kennedy Hospital · 38 N.J. Super. 454 - Guerin v. Cassidy
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The right to control the disposition of the remains of a deceased person, unless other directions have been given by the decedent or by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be in the following order: a. The surviving spouse. b. A majority of the surviving children of the decedent or the surviving child if one. c. The surviving parent or parents of the decedent. d. A majority of the brothers and sisters of the decedent if no child or parent is living. e. Other next of kin according to the degree of consanguinity.”
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.