Nottage v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[W]hen old age weakens the physical and mental powers of the one, and full maturity brings strength to the other, when the parent comes to lean upon the child for counsel, leadership, the conduct of his affairs, the making of a home, it may come to pass, and the law so recognizes, that the natural order may be reversed and the will of the parent pass under the dominant will of the child."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Weinberg v. Weinberg · 529 So. 2d 980 - Clifton v. Clifton

2. “"The fact that the will typed by the proponent left the bulk of his estate to her, while a will written two years earlier left his estate to his children, could be considered by the jury as evidence of an unnatural disposition of his property as a result of undue influence on the part of the proponent."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Armstrong v. McGee

3. “We must first determine whether the circuit court obtained jurisdiction to hear the contest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 847 So. 2d 331 - Yates v. El Bethel Primitive Baptist Church