Lewis v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The words “and” and “or” are frequently used interchangeably to effectuate the testator’s intention. [Id. 339, 300 P.2d 791 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hanvey v. Stone

2. “and to the heirs of their body per stirpes.”

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