Lawley v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1996
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nunn v. Keith · Smith v. Smith
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] order destroyed the survivorship feature of the tenancy and the joint tenants became tenants in common. Either was entitled to have the order enforced and, upon the death of the wife, her personal representative was entitled to have the order enforced.””
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.