Cooley v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Probate Court)
Relationships
Relies on Edds v. Mitchell, Admr. · Harrell v. Hickman · Benson v. Greenville Nat. Exchange Bank · Kelley v. Marlin · Welch v. Straach
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is a fee simple interest in every respect, except that it passes to another if the contingency happens”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“and when he dies everything goes to [her granddaughter].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.