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497 So. 2d 90 - Barnes v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Louisville N. R. Co. v. Sunday · Stubbs v. Houston · Knox v. Knox · Smith v. Smith · O'Donnell v. Rodiger

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. “A person may make a valid will even though he or she is not competent to transact the ordinary business of life.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “A determination to appoint a [conservator] is not [tantamount to] an adjudication of testamentary capacity.”
    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.