Marcus v. DeWitt’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
May 1983
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 2053 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Pitner v. United States
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“residence was unoccupied and nonincome-producing and ... was rapidly depreciating in value, as well as requiring expenses for upkeep and lawn care so that it was necessary to sell said real property pursuant to the offer to obtain the highest price to preserve and protect the value of the estate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marcus v. O
How this case has been treated — in progress
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