Lappan v. Lovette’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Niehuss v. Ford · State Ex Rel. Garrow v. Grayson · Longshore v. City of Homewood · 507 So. 2d 466 - Wallace v. State · Walling v. Couch
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he probate court is a court of law and, therefore, generally does not possess jurisdiction to determine equitable issues.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A probate court 'cannot take jurisdiction of a cause or administer remedies except as provided by statute.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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