Brenner v. Sukenik’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
66 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably T. C. R. Realty, Inc. v. Cox (1977), Robert F. Felte, Inc. v. White (1973)
66 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 Madden v. Glosztonyi Savings & Trust Co. · Sterrett v. Sterrett · Fisher v. Brick · Fiore v. Fiore · Sears v. Scranton Trust 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since the plaintiff’s complaint was solely a cause of action for support, the counterclaim of the defendant regarding the true ownership of the savings account was not germane in that the wife-plaintiff could obtain support from the husband’s property whether it was held by them as tenants by the entireties or whether the husband was the sole owner of the property . . . . [citation omitted]. Brenner v. Sukenik, supra at 329, 189 A.2d at 248-249 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““objection to the fact that the counterclaim was not germane to the original complaint should have been made by preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer. Pa.R.C.P. 1017(b)(4); 8 Standard Pa.Practice 228 .... An objection that a cross-bill is not germane to the original bill is waived by a general answer to the cross-bill. Sears v. Scranton Trust Co., 228 Pa. 126 , 77 A. 423 (1910); 30 C.J.S. Equity § 387.” (footnotes omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“intention is the cardinal and controlling element and if it is the intention of the parties to create an estate other than by entireties, such intention will be given effect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. High v. Balun
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.