Garrard v. Lang’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently April 2019
5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on City of Montgomery v. Weldon · Jaffrey & Co. v. McGough · Koppers Company v. GULF WELDING AND CONSTRUCTION INC. · Garrard v. Lang
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The amounts to be distributed are stated clearly in the statutes: one-third of the estate for the elective share, Alabama Code (1975), § 43-8-70 ; $3,500.00 for exempt property, § 43-8-111 ; and $6,000.00 for the homestead allowance, § 43-8-110 . The trial court erred when it calculated Garrard's elective share as being one-third of the gross estate. The gross estate should have been reduced by the homestead and exempt property allowances prior to calculation of Garrard's elective share."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"The relevant statutes are clear. Homestead allowance is awarded irrespective of a surviving spouse's decision to take an elective share. Alabama Code (1975), § 43-8-74 . . . . Homestead allowance is in addition to any other share passing to the spouse. Alabama Code (1975), § 43-8-110 ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"(a) A surviving spouse of a decedent who was domiciled in this state is entitled to a homestead allowance. . . ."”
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.