Russo v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) Undue influence is unfair persuasion of a party who is under the domination of the person exercising the persuasion or who by virtue of the relation between them is justified in assuming that that person will not act in a manner inconsistent with his welfare. (2) If a party’s manifestation of assent is induced by undue influence by the other party, the contract is voidable by the victim.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rich v. Fuller · Dolloff v. Dolloff

2. “‘1) the existence of a confidential relationship between the testat[rix] and the one who is asserted to have influenced [her]; [and] 2) the fact that the testat[rix] has disposed of [her] property in an unexpected or unnatural manner.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Dodge