White v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 1996
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Washbon v. . Cope · Meacham v. Graham · Weiss v. Broadway National Bank · 9 Smith & H. 661 - Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Bell · Ledbetter v. Ledbetter
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.
“A will ... shall convey all the real estate belonging to [the testator], or in which he had any interest at his decease, unless a contrary intention appear by its words in context.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““... I wish Evelyn White to have my home to live in and not to be sold. I also leave my personal property to Sandra White Perry. My house is not to be sold.””
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.