Schwartz v. Schwartz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) The surviving spouse, or some competent person whom he or she may request to have appointed.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 100 Cal. App. 2d 452 - Estate of Jacobs · 258 Cal. App. 2d 617 - Estate of Locke

2. “who are entitled to succeed to the estate or some portion thereof.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 54 Cal. 2d 390 - Estate of Stickelbaut · 100 Cal. App. 2d 452 - Estate of Jacobs

3. “‘1 That said party of the second part shall receive and accept from the estate of the party of the first part, after his death, if she shall survive such party of the first part as his widow, the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, in place and instead of all rights, which, as widow of party of the first part, she might otherwise have, either as a homestead community interest or otherwise or as a distributive share of the estate by operation of law, under present or future laws of the State, to be enacted, or in force and effect now or hereafter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 87 Cal. App. 2d 569 - Schwartz v. Schwartz