Bates v. Fuller’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
June 2004
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on International Bankers Life Insurance Co. v. Holloway · Jackson v. Hall, C.J. · Huffman v. Huffman · Morrow v. Shotwell · Pope v. Garrett
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.
“shall be sold by my Executor to pay all of my legally enforceable debts, funeral expenses, all costs of my last illness, costs and expenses of the administration of my estate, and Federal Estate Taxes, if any. After such debts, expenses and taxes have been paid, the balance of the proceeds remaining from the sale of my real estate, shall be divided equally among my three children_ •”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harris v. Hines
How this case has been treated — in progress
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