Keesling v. Sandefur’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 153 Ind. App. 245 - Hauck v. Second National Bank of Richmond · Hamilton v. Huntington · 129 Ind. App. 478 - Helm v. ODLE, ADMRX. ETC. · Haughey v. Haughey · In the Matter of Estate of Baird
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"When the personal representative becomes mentally incompetent, disqualified, unsuitable or incapable of discharging his duties, has mismanaged the estate, failed to perform any duty imposed by law or by any lawful order of the court, or has ceased to be domiciled in the state of Indiana, the court may remove him ...[.J"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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