Douglas v. Newell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(b) A specific devisee has the right to the remaining specifically devised property and: (i) Any balance of the purchase price together with any security interest owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property; [[Image here]]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Matter of Estate of Newell

2. “[T )the construction of the will is to be resolved by determining the intent of deceased as such appears from a full and complete consideration of the entire will when read in the light of the surrounding cireumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Seader

3. “(a) This code shall be liberally construed and applied, to promote the following purposes and policies to: [[Image here]] (ii) Discover and make effective the intent of a decedent in distribution of his property[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Seader