Ford v. Raab’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. Bachelder · Cuneo v. Champlin Refining Co. · Jennings v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. · Kassner v. Alexander Drug Co. · Whitman v. Harrison
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.
“The rule comes into play when the conveyance is executed and delivered, so as to settle titles, which therefore need not wait suspended until testimony of intent is given years later.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Every estate in land which shall be granted, conveyed or demised by deed or will shall be deemed an estate in fee simple and of inheritance, unless limited by express words.”
2 later decisions 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.