McGuire v. Worsham’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1978
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nye v. Bradford · Harrell v. Hickman · Murphy v. Slaton · Heller v. Heller · Singer v. Singer
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is not necessary to characterize the estate devised to Emma. By the terms of the will she had the abosolute right to dispose of the realty by conveyance as she did”.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Capers v. Jackson
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.