Humphreys v. DeRoss’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
7
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Guinn v. Alburtis Fire Co. · Sphere Drake Insurance v. Philadelphia Gas Works · Pertile v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board · Commonwealth v. Burnsworth
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“including an inheritance in income available for support does not reflect how families in which parents live together treat inheritances. In an intact family, the receipt of a lump sum is likely to be used for purchases, investments or savings, and not for meeting living expenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Bielak v. Bielak“income from an interest in an estate or trust”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Bielak v. Bielak
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.