Minor v. Comstock’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 2056
Relies on Riggs v. Del Drago · 69 Ill. 2d 525 - Roe v. Estate of Farrell · People v. Pasfield · The People v. McCormick · 344 Ill. App. 508 - Northern Trust Co. v. Wilson
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.
“"If a will is renounced by the testator's surviving spouse, whether or not the will contains any provision for the benefit of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse is entitled to the following share of the testator's estate after payment of all just claims: 1/3 of the entire estate if the testator leaves a descendant or 1/2 of the entire estate if the testator leaves no descendant." (Emphasis added.) Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110 1/2, par. 208(a).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.