Osterland v. Gates’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 1991
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Free v. Bland · Yiatchos v. Yiatchos · Succession of Nelson · Clark v. Hedden · Alfortish v. Hero Wall Co.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“interest from date of decedent's death until paid”
1 later decision 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.