Whittier v. Murrell’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1989
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Ex Rel. White v. Beeler · In re the Estate of Garmes · Administrator of Veterans' Affairs v. U. S. National Bank · In Re the Guardianship of Strozyk · In Re Cummings' Estate
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.
““ * * * • It is not this Court’s prerogative to distort plain language in order that a more plausible or workable result might be obtained.””
2 later decisions 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.