Olson v. Toy’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 50 Cal. 3d 728 - Garcia v. Superior Court · 62 Cal. App. 3d 745 - Siciliano v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · Collins v. O'Laverty · Holland v. McCarthy · In Re Estate of Piercy
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A cause of action that survives the death of the person . . . may be commenced by the decedent's personal representative or, if none, by the decedent's successor in interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Toy could hardly be expected on behalf of the estate to initiate an action to declare invalid the trust which she administers as trustee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“defendants, using undue influence, took advantage of decedent's senility and induced her to execute a trust in their favor.”
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.