Wells v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zafft v. Eli Lilly & Co. · State Ex Rel. Department of Social Services v. Bowling · L.G. v. F.G.H.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The plain words of the statute dictate that the only method of establishing a contract to make, not make, revoke or not revoke a will is to produce a writing containing the material provisions of the contract, along with express reference in the will to the contract or an independent writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Moran v. Kessler
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.