Cahill v. Michael’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
2 district · 53 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably Barnhart v. Barnhart (1953), 26 Ill. 2d 406 - Weir v. Leafgreen (1962)
2 district · 53 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. Walker · Strauss v. Strauss · Himmel v. Himmel · Dollander v. Dhaemers · Pontius v. Conrad
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“” ° The court will prefer any construction of a will to avoid intestacy. [Citations.] The presumption against intestacy is strong where there is a residuary clause. [Citations.] 0 0 0 The courts will endeavor to reconcile inconsistent or repugnant provisions rather than to ignore or declare both of them void. [Citations.] ° °”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The presumption against intestacy is strong where there is a residuary clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the other, by finding his presumed intention”
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.