Staples v. King’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[WJhere the effect of an inter vivos trust is to remove assets from the decedent’s estate that would otherwise have been available for the surviving spouse’s distributive share, and the decedent has reserved to himself the practical attributes of ownership of the trust property for his lifetime, the trust property may be subject to claims made by the surviving spouse under the laws regulating succession to decedents’ estates.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. White v. Sargent · Briggs v. Wyoming National Bank of Casper

2. “The courts of probate shall have jurisdiction in equity, concurrent with the Superior Court, of all cases and matters relating to the administration of the estates of deceased persons, to wills and to trusts which are created by will or other written instrument. Such jurisdiction may be exercised upon complaint according to the usual course of proceedings in civil actions in which equitable relief is sought.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Breton

3. “[T]he relevant inquiries in determining whether the Probate Court has subject-matter jurisdiction of an action are, first, whether the case relates to an estate, will, or a trust; and second, whether the relief sought is equitable rather than legal. ... [T]he modern Probate Court [is] endowed with equity jurisdiction in all matters relating to the administration of decedents’ estates ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Breton