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482 So. 2d 1161 - Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

1985

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 1989
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Raney v. Raney · Hyde v. Norris · 343 So. 2d 495 - Pruitt v. Pruitt · Abrams v. Abrams · Wilson v. Payton

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.

  1. “"[T]his Court has stated that, in order to survive a motion for a directed verdict, the contestant must present a scintilla of evidence that the favored beneficiary was unduly active in procuring the will."”
    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.