Heebner v. Summerlin’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1986
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ehmke v. Hill · 102 So. 2d 165 - Traurig v. Spear · 124 So. 2d 756 - Disbro v. Boyce
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.
“The legislative intent in passing the Dead Man's Statute was to provide a shield when, by reason of death, a party to a transaction is prevented from testifying. It is not to provide a privilege akin to the privilege against self incrimination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Estate of Parson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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