Robinson v. Delfino’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[T]he opening of a joint bank account wherein survivorship rights are specifically provided for is conclusive evidence of the intention to transfer to the survivor an immediate in praeseti joint beneficial possessory ownership right in the balance of the account remaining after the death of the depositor, absent evidence of fraud, undue influence, duress, or lack of mental capacity. Likewise, if a joint bank account does not provide for survivorship rights, that absence will be conclusive evidence of an intent not to transfer any right of ownership to the survivor, absent evidence of mistake or fraud." Robinson , 710 A.2d at 161 (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lizbeth A. Larkin, in her capacity as of the Estate of Catherine I. Ryan v. Michaela Arthurs Michaela Arthurs v. Lizbeth Larkin

2. “lawyers, trial judges, juries, and appellate judges perform post mortem cerebral autopsies * * * to determine and second-guess what the subjective intent of the deceased joint owner of the account was at the time the account was created.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lizbeth A. Larkin, in her capacity as of the Estate of Catherine I. Ryan v. Michaela Arthurs Michaela Arthurs v. Lizbeth Larkin

3. “the introduction of all manner of extrinsic evidence [in order] to analyze the depositor's subjective intent,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lizbeth A. Larkin, in her capacity as of the Estate of Catherine I. Ryan v. Michaela Arthurs Michaela Arthurs v. Lizbeth Larkin