Pezza v. Pezza’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 2006
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Newman v. Dore · 73 Ill. 2d 342 - Johnson v. La Grange State Bank · 39 Ill. App. 3d 394 - Toman v. Svoboda · 57 Tenn. App. 241 - Sherrill v. Mallicote · Weber v. Harkins
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In order for a transfer of real property to a trust to be real, valid, and nonillusory, the spouse transferring the property must effectuate a completed inter vivos transfer by conveyance that both divests him or her of all ownership in the property and that, also, at the time of conveyance is made with the proper donative intent." Id. at 349 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barrett v. Barrett““Whenever any person shall die leaving a husband or wife surviving, the real estate owned by the decedent in fee simple at his or her death shall descend and pass to the husband or wife for his or her natural life subject, however, to any encumbrances existing at death * * Section 33-25-2.”
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.