Stearns v. Stearns’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1993
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gird v. Bennett · Sebree v. Sebree · Cole v. Cole · Gorden v. Gorden · Marsh v. Field
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.
“testator's bequests to `grandsons' and the trust provisions for `lawful grandchildren' [were] to legitimate grandchildren.”
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.