Bongaards v. Millen’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 2 Mass. App. Ct. 722 - Cellucci v. Sun Oil Co. · Cellucci v. Sun Oil Co. of Pennsylvania · 7 Mass. App. Ct. 633 - State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Reiser · Stuart v. Sargent · Sullivan v. Burkin
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.
“A savings bank trust is revocable by the depositor at any time during his life ... if the depositor changes the form of the account, withdraws the money on deposit, or makes a will leaving the account to someone other than the trust beneficiary....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Moise“which essentially shields the bank from liability for payment of the account to the trust beneficiary following the death of the trustee but which also may be read as permitting withdrawal of part or all of the account by the trustee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Moise
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.